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thorities and submit the report specified in paragraph (2) 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) The report required in this subsection shall 
include— 
(A) a delineation of the amount and ac-
count of each transfer made pursuant to sub-
section (b) or (c); 
(B) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the President’s budg-
et proposal, adjustments made by Congress, ad-
justments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, adjustments made pursuant to the trans-
fer authority in subsection (b) or (c), and the fis-
cal year level; 
(C) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation, adjusted as described in paragraph 
(2), both by budget activity and program, 
project, and activity as detailed in the Budget 
Appendix; and 
(D) an identification of funds directed for a 
specific activity. 
(e) The Secretary shall not exercise the authority pro-
vided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) unless, not later than 
June 1, 2018, the Chief Financial Officer has submitted to
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the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives— 
(1) technical assistance on new legislative lan-
guage in the account structure under subsection (a); 
and 
(2) comparison tables of fiscal years 2017, 2018, 
and 2019 in the account structure under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 536. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
or previous appropriations Acts or otherwise made avail-
able to the Department of Homeland Security may be used 
to establish accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office or 
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency until 
Congress has enacted a law that specifically authorizes such 
Office or Agency and such authorization identifies the func-
tions that are authorized to be transferred to such Office 
or Agency. 
(b) Subject to the limitation in subsection (a), if Con-
gress enacts a law on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act that specifically authorizes the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office or the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency and such authorization identifies 
the functions that are authorized to be transferred to such
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Office or Agency, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
may— 
(1) not earlier than October 1, 2018, establish 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States nec-
essary to carry out the functions of the Office or 
Agency as authorized; 
(2) execute appropriations of the Department of 
Homeland Security as provided in subparagraph (1), 
including any continuing appropriations made avail-
able for fiscal year 2019, before enactment of a reg-
ular appropriations Act; and 
(3) transfer any funds made available to the De-
partment of Homeland Security by any appropria-
tions Acts to the accounts created in subparagraph 
(1) for functions that are authorized to be transferred 
to such Office or Agency and to be used for the pur-
pose of executing authorization of such Office or Agen-
cy. 
(c) The authority provided in subsection (b)(3) shall 
only be available if the Secretary has notified the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives at least 15 days in advance of each such trans-
fer. 
SEC. 537. Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authoriza-
tion Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; 124 Stat. 2950),
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as amended, shall be applied in subsection (b) by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
SEC. 538. (a) Section 831 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall be applied— 
(1) In subsection (a), by substituting ‘‘September 
30, 2018,’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017,’’; and 
(2) In subsection (c)(1), by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018,’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, under the au-
thority of section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 391(a)), may carry out prototype projects under 
section 2371b of title 10, United States Code, and the Sec-
retary shall perform the functions of the Secretary of De-
fense as prescribed. 
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security under section 
831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
391(d)) may use the definition of nontraditional govern-
ment contractor as defined in section 2371b(e) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 539. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress
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as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177): 
(1) $44,557,000 from Public Law 115–31 under 
the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra-
tion—Operations and Support’’; 
(2) $1,785,697 from Public Law 108–334 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(3) $1,920,100 from Public Law 109–90 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(4) $1,791,454 from Public Law 109–295 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(5) $3,221,594 from Public Law 110–161 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(6) $3,680,885 from Public Law 111–83 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(7) $25,000,000 from Public Law 114–113 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(8) $2,000,000 from Public Law 114–113 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology—Research, De-
velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’; 
(9) $2,000,000 from Public Law 115–31 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate— 
Operations and Support’’ account 70 17/18 0800;
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(10) $6,000,000 from Public Law 115–31 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate— 
Research and Development’’; and 
(11) $4,307,000 from Public Law 115–31 under 
the heading ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations 
Coordination—Operations and Support’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 540. Of the funds transferred to the Department 
of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the fol-
lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts and programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $66,024 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements’’ account 70x0613; 
(2) $2,400 from ‘‘Transportation Security Ad-
ministration—Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’ 
account 
70x0508; and 
(3) $31,948 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection’’ account 70x0503. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 541. The following unobligated balances made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu-
ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) are re-
scinded:
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(1) $2,941,804 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Operations and Support’’; 
(2) $24,337,865 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating 
Expenses’’; 
(3) $260,584 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve 
Training’’; 
(4) $308,974 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements’’; 
(5) $106,894 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Operations and Support’’; and 
(6) $23,938 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs—Op-
erations and Support’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 542. From the unobligated balances available in 
the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established 
by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code (added by 
section 638 of Public Law 102–393), $364,162,000 shall be 
permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 543. Notwithstanding section 5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii) 
of title 42, United States Code, the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall allow flood 
protection systems constructed in 2016 on property ac-
quired with hazard mitigation assistance provided under 
section 5170c of title 42, United States Code, in an inad-
vertent violation of the terms and conditions of such assist-
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ance to remain in place on such property: Provided, That 
no new or additional structure may be erected on the prop-
erty unless the new or additional structure complies with 
section 5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 42, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this provision does not otherwise ex-
cuse compliance with all other applicable laws including 
statutes, executive orders, regulations, and program and 
grant legal requirements pertaining to the floodwall struc-
ture or the acquired property. 
SEC. 544. Section 545 of title V of division F of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by section 
20607 of title VI of subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 545. (a) PREMIUM PAY AUTHORITY.—During 
calendar year 2017, any premium pay that is funded, ei-
ther directly or through reimbursement, by the ‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’ 
shall be exempted from the aggregate of basic pay and pre-
mium pay calculated under section 5547(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, and any other provision of law lim-
iting the aggregate amount of premium pay payable on a 
biweekly or calendar year basis. 
‘‘(b) OVERTIME AUTHORITY.—During calendar year 
2017, any overtime pay that is funded, either directly or 
through reimbursement, by the ‘Federal Emergency Man-
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agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’ and that is payable 
under an authority outside of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be exempted from any annual limit on the amount 
of overtime pay payable in a calendar or fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON 
PAY.—In determining whether an employee’s aggregate pay 
exceeds the applicable annual rate of basic pay payable 
under section 5307 of title 5, United States Code, the head 
of an Executive agency shall not include pay exempted 
under this section. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION OF PAY AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) Pay exempted from otherwise applicable 
limits under subsection (a) or (b) shall not cause the 
aggregate of basic pay and premium pay for the ap-
plicable calendar year to exceed the rate of basic pay 
payable for a position at level II of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States 
Code, as in effect at the end of such calendar year. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of applying this subsection to 
an employee who would otherwise be subject to the 
premium pay limits established under section 5547 of 
title 5, United States Code, ‘premium pay’ means the 
premium pay paid under the provisions of law cited 
in section 5547(a).
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‘‘(3) For purposes of applying this subsection to 
an employee under a premium pay limit established 
under an authority other than section 5547 of title 5, 
United States Code, the agency responsible for admin-
istering such limit shall determine what payments 
are considered premium pay. 
‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
as if enacted on December 31, 2016. 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF ADDITIONAL PAY.—If application 
of this section results in the payment of additional pre-
mium pay to a covered employee of a type that is normally 
creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other purpose, 
that additional pay shall not— 
‘‘(1) be considered to be basic pay of the covered 
employee for any purpose; or 
‘‘(2) be used in computing a lump-sum payment 
to the covered employee for accumulated and accrued 
annual leave under section 5551 or section 5552 of 
title 5, United States Code.’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classifica-
tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 
and performance of other functions, including maintenance 
of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 
lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, including the general adminis-
tration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential 
of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 
96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,183,043,000, to remain 
available until expended, including all such amounts as are 
collected from permit processing fees, as authorized but 
made 
subject 
to 
future 
appropriation 
by 
section 
35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191), 
except that amounts from permit processing fees may be 
used for any bureau-related expenses associated with the 
processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill 
and related use of authorizations.
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In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,183,043,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, 
and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administra-
tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
therein, $24,916,000, to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and 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 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja-
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cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 
therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 
to such grant lands; $106,985,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or-
egon 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 sub-
section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 
U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range-
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwith-
standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all 
moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 
3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) 
and the amount designated for range improvements from 
grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior 
pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses.
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SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
processing application documents and other authorizations 
for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 
of providing copies of official public land documents, for 
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa-
cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision to 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 set-
tlement, 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 improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public 
lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource 
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized per-
son, without regard to whether all moneys collected from 
each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 
led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys
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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 Public 
Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may 
be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 
and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under sec-
tion 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities, including with 
States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for 
purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary build-
ings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States 
has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning vio-
lations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized
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or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 
501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with joint-
ly 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: Provided further, That projects to be 
funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State gov-
ernment to provide an identified amount of money in sup-
port of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on 
a reimbursable basis. 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 or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results 
in their destruction for processing into commercial prod-
ucts. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such
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resources, $1,279,002,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $18,818,000 
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and 
(e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 
and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $66,540,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $63,839,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, not 
more than $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation part-
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nerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 
2004, including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for 
specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for 
any administrative overhead, planning or other manage-
ment costs. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$53,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$33,857,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan-
gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which $19,638,000 
is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
4401 et seq.), $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
$3,910,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian 
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Con-
servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $11,061,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro-
grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $63,571,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remain-
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ing provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
$6,362,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement 
approved plans for States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $10,571,000 
and administrative expenses, apportion the amount pro-
vided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 
of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; 
and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 
manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 
which the land area of such State bears to the total land 
area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based 
on the ratio to which the population of such State bears 
to the total population of all such States: Provided further, 
That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall 
be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned 
a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year
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or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 
75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal 
share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent 
of the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That 
the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 
from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any 
amount apportioned in 2018 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2019, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appro-
priated in 2020, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and re-
imbursable agreements with public and private entities. Ap-
propriations and funds available to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage 
to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 
caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities inci-
dent to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the 
maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and 
other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to
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which the United States has title, and which are used pur-
suant to law in connection with management, and inves-
tigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That not-
withstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooper-
ative cost sharing and partnership arrangements author-
ized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the 
cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either 
in cash or services and the Service determines the coop-
erator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated air-
craft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 
non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under 
the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Re-
source Management’’ and shall be available to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex-
penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 
applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 
shall remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 
the National Park Service and for the general administra-
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tion of the National Park Service, $2,477,969,000, of which 
$10,032,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
support of Everglades restoration and $134,461,000 for 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for con-
structed assets shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 
of Public Law 95–348. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, and grant administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $63,638,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $96,910,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, of which $13,000,000 shall be for 
Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation of na-
tional significant sites, structures and artifacts as author-
ized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an indi-
vidual Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by
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non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual 
projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Provided fur-
ther, That all projects to be funded shall be approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided for the Historic Preserva-
tion Fund, $500,000 is for competitive grants for the survey 
and nomination of properties to the National Register of 
Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks asso-
ciated with communities currently under-represented, as de-
termined by the Secretary, $13,000,000 is for competitive 
grants to preserve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights 
movement, $5,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, and $5,000,000 is for competitive 
grants for the restoration of historic properties of national, 
State and local significance listed on or eligible for inclu-
sion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made 
without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of 
section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National His-
torical Preservation Act: Provided further, That such com-
petitive grants shall be made without imposing the match-
ing requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United 
States Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined in chap-
ter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local
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governments, including Certified Local Governments, and 
non-profit organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 
for programs and areas administered by the National Park 
Service, $359,704,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2018 with 
a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5- 
Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement 
may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: 
Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 
contain the clause availability of funds found at 48 CFR 
52.232–18: Provided further, That National Park Service 
Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recre-
ation Fees may be made available for the cost of adjust-
ments and changes within the original scope of effort for 
projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Interior shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, in accordance with current reprogramming thresh-
olds, prior to making any charges authorized by this sec-
tion.
703 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applica-
ble to the National Park Service, $180,941,000, to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 
is for the State assistance program and of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protection 
Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 54, 
United States Code. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to 
challenge cost share agreements, $23,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of 
the total cost of each project or program shall be derived 
from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, as-
sets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 
letter of credit.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees 
credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure 
by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at 
any unit within the National Park System to extinguish 
or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold sur-
render interest. Such funds may only be used for this pur-
pose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated fran-
chise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 
exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce li-
ability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be cred-
ited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period 
not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting 
unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or 
reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 
Conservation 
Fund 
grants 
authorized 
by 
section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended.
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National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 
FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 
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 per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials 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 dissemi-
nate 
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities; 
$1,148,457,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019; of which $78,537,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; and of which $15,164,000 
shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance
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and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the eco-
system research activity shall be used to conduct new sur-
veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in 
writing by the property owner: Provided further, 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 carried on in cooperation 
with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public in-
terest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings 
and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses 
of the United States National Committee for Geological 
Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of 
persons employed by 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
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the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as 
defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly 
with individuals or indirectly with institutions or non-
profit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for 
the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent 
graduates, who shall be considered employees for the pur-
pose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 
claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees 
for any other purposes. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, 
rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other 
minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, 
as authorized by law; for environmental studies, as author-
ized by law; for implementing other laws and to the extent 
provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for 
matching grants or cooperative agreements, $171,000,000, 
of which $114,166,000 is to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, and of which $56,834,000 is to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That this total appro-
priation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec-
retary and credited to this appropriation from additions 
to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in 
effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 
activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-
neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$114,166,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro-
moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations 
related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine- 
related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as author-
ized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regu-
lations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $136,411,000, of which
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$108,540,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2019, and of which $27,871,000 is to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 
reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited 
to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting 
from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 
1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted 
by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, includ-
ing studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous ad-
ministrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are 
received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$108,540,000. 
For an additional amount, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which 
shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2018, as provided in this Act: Provided, 
That to the extent that amounts realized from such inspec-
tion fees exceed $50,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 
of $50,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2018, not less than 50 percent of the inspection
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fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission- 
related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 
development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the 
Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the re-
view of applications for permits to drill. 
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, 
$14,899,000, 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, $115,804,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, 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.
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In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That fees assessed and 
collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
tions, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal 
year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $115,804,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, $24,672,000, to be derived from receipts of the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public 
Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is authorized 
to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent 
debt owed to the United States Government to pay for con-
tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds 
made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 
be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of 
projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose 
of environmental restoration related to treatment or abate-
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ment of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Pro-
vided further, That such projects must be consistent with 
the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading may be used for the travel and 
per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training. 
In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In-
dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That such additional amount shall be used 
for economic and community development in conjunction 
with the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): 
Provided further, That of such additional amount, 
$75,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 
3 Appalachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded 
needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of such section, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 
amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent 
greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities,
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and $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized 
Indian Tribes without regard to their status as certified or 
uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of 
abandoned mine lands and other related activities in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) and shall be used for 
economic and community development in conjunction with 
the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That 
such additional amount shall be allocated to States and In-
dian Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act 
of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,411,200,000, to remain
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available until September 30, 2019, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; of which not to 
exceed $76,000,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 
Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the 
Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided 
herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities 
affected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 
recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo-
cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $673,425,000 for school operations costs 
of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs 
shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $53,991,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attor-
ney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and 
the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 
1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 
$81,036,000 within and only from such amounts made 
available for school operations shall be available for admin-
715 
istrative cost grants associated with grants approved prior 
to July 1, 2018: Provided further, That any forestry funds 
allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain unob-
ligated as of September 30, 2019, may be transferred during 
fiscal year 2020 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 
the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any 
such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
September 30, 2020: Provided further, That in order to en-
hance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles 
of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of funds from U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other 
funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads 
owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the 
National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 
U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2018, such sums 
as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwith-
716 
standing any other provision of law, no amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for transfer 
to another budget account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance 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; $354,113,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of con-
tract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover 
the road program management costs of the Bureau: Pro-
vided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of 
Dams program pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 
(25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available on a nonreimburs-
able basis: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, in 
implementing new construction, replacement facilities con-
struction, or facilities improvement and repair project
717 
grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant 
schools under Public Law 100–297, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements 
and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 
part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as the regu-
latory requirements: Provided further, That such grants 
shall not be subject to section 12.61 of title 43, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; the Secretary and the grantee shall nego-
tiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work 
to be performed: Provided further, That in considering 
grant applications, the Secretary shall consider whether 
such grantee would be deficient in assuring that the con-
struction projects conform to applicable building standards 
and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety 
standards as required by section 1125(b) of title XI of Pub-
lic Law 95–561 (25 U.S.C. 2005(b)), with respect to organi-
zational and financial management capabilities: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary declines a grant application, 
the Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in sec-
tion 5206(f) of Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2504(f)): 
Provided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the 
disputes provision in section 5208(e) of Public Law 107– 
110 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That in order 
to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the
718 
Secretary may assume control of a project and all funds 
related to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of 
enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appro-
priated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed 
the planning and design phase of the project and com-
menced construction: Provided further, That this appro-
priation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appro-
priate share of construction costs for space expansion need-
ed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 
111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implementation of 
other land and water rights settlements, $55,457,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$9,272,000, of which $1,252,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
719 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed 
$123,565,389. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance of 
the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional of-
fices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
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).
720 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
ment relationship between the United States and that tribe, 
or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools 
under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support 
the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the 
State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education 
shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or 
dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau 
of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, 
except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 
prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional 
grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed 
to support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of 
Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand the 
elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with 
a K-2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations 
made available in this or any prior Act for schools funded
721 
by the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the 
Bureau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the Bureau 
school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school 
or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. 
Funds made available under this Act may not be used to 
establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that 
term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter 
school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school 
before September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 
that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including 
buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 
does not assume any obligation for charter school programs 
of the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and adminis-
trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis-
tribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the jurisdic-
tional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those cur-
rently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 
an educational environment with educator presence and 
academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, 
comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health 
and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities 
Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations 
at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary 
costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to stu-
dents such as those caused by busing students extended dis-
723 
tances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act 
may be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, construction or other facilities-related costs for such 
assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, 
That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ means a school location 
physically separated from the existing Bureau school by 
more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing 
school in all other respects. 
Of the prior year unobligated balances available for 
the ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account, $8,000,000 
are permanently rescinded. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $124,182,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019; of which not to exceed 
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
for workers compensation payments and unemployment 
compensation payments associated with the orderly closure 
of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which 
$10,242,000 for the Office of Valuation Services is to be de-
724 
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
shall remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2018, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the event 
the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments 
pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make the full 
payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local 
government, then the payment to each local government 
shall be made proportionally: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may make adjustments to payment to individual 
units of local government to correct for prior overpayments 
or underpayments: Provided further, That no payment shall 
be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units 
of local government if the computed amount of the payment 
is less than $100.
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INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and 
other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public 
Law 108–188, $96,870,000, of which: (1) $87,422,000 shall 
remain available until expended for territorial assistance, 
including general technical assistance, maintenance assist-
ance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activities, and 
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judici-
ary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, 
as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the 
Government of American Samoa, in addition to current 
local revenues, for construction and support of govern-
mental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin 
Islands, as authorized by law; grants to the Government 
of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Govern-
ment of the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by 
law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2019, for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 
governments, may be audited by the Government Account-
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ability 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 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for 
the program of operations and maintenance improvement 
are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 
by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time-
ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head-
ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 
as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard 
mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,363,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for 
the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Com-
pacts of Free Association for the Government of the Repub-
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lic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Public 
Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary 
may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds pro-
vided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Pub-
lic Law 104–134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guar-
anteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount 
of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administra-
tion, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and re-
pair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such loans or loan guarantees may be made 
without regard to the population of the area, credit else-
where requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible 
entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act: Provided further, That any funds trans-
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ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition 
to funds otherwise made available to make or guarantee 
loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$66,675,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $51,023,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $119,400,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $18,990,000 from this or 
any other Act, may be available for historical accounting: 
Provided, That funds for trust management improvements 
and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of 
Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ ac-
count; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’
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account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Op-
erations’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 
available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal 
year 2018, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available 
until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly state-
ment of performance for any Indian trust account that has 
not had activity for at least 15 months and has a balance 
of $15 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue an annual account statement and maintain a record 
of any such accounts and shall permit the balance in each 
such account to be withdrawn upon the express written re-
quest of the account holder: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make pay-
ments to correct administrative errors of either disburse-
ments from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or 
Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, 
That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be cred-
ited to and remain available in this account for this pur-
pose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be re-
quired to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance 
of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts
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claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Re-
form Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 
of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a contin-
uous period of at least five years and shall not be required 
to generate periodic statements of performance for the indi-
vidual accounts: Provided further, That with respect to the 
eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain 
sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual 
accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and 
such funds shall remain available to the individual account 
holders. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency re-
habilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $948,087,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$18,427,000 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 pur-
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poses: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$184,000,000 is for fuels management activities: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided $20,470,000 is for 
burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons 
hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsist-
ence and lodging without cost from funds available from 
this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of 
the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United 
States property, may be credited to the appropriation from 
which funds were expended to provide that protection, and 
are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That using the amounts designated under this title 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, 
for fuels management activities, and for training and moni-
toring associated with such fuels management activities on 
Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 
that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government and any non-Federal enti-
ty may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require-
ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary,
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for purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain 
maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 
nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 
Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 
or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth 
groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities 
that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, de-
fined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to com-
plete such contracts: Provided further, That in imple-
menting this section, the Secretary shall develop written 
guidance to field units to ensure accountability and con-
sistent application of the authorities provided herein: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for 
the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, 
in connection with wildland fire management activities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may 
use wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases of real 
property with local governments, at or below fair market 
value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facili-
ties on such leased properties, including but not limited to 
fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial at-
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tack and fire support facilities, and to make advance pay-
ments for any such lease or for construction activity associ-
ated with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may author-
ize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$50,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers 
would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management 
programs and projects: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support 
of Federal emergency response actions: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for assistance to or through the Department of State 
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available 
to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related 
natural resource activities outside the United States and 
its territories and possessions, including technical assist-
ance, education and training, and cooperation with United 
States and international organizations. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 
response action, including associated activities, performed
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pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
$10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 
and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $62,370,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be 
used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund ac-
count other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation
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of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess 
reasonable charges to State, local and tribal government em-
ployees for training services provided by the National In-
dian Program Training Center, other than training related 
to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 
equipment or professional services of the National Indian 
Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern-
ment employees or persons or organizations engaged in cul-
tural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in 
section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the pre-
vailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or serv-
ices in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Train-
ing Center: Provided further, That all funds received pursu-
ant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this 
account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used 
by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National In-
dian Program Training Center: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agree-
ments to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s 
collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other 
mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $137,757,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019; of which $41,727,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the purpose of mineral 
revenue management activities: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be avail-
able for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain 
Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the 
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian 
allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erro-
neous payments.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
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 unavoidable 
causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available 
under this authority until funds specifically made available 
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental 
appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as pos-
sible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
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 programs 
of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its ju-
risdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or ac-
738 
tual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un-
avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases 
of hazardous substances into the environment; for the pre-
vention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority 
in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
7717(b)); 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 Mining Rec-
lamation 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 regulatory provi-
sions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropria-
tions made in this title for wildland fire operations shall 
be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 
the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or 
other equipment in connection with their use for wildland 
fire operations, with such reimbursement to be credited to 
appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 
thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, 
no funds shall be made available under this authority until
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the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for 
‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 
days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 
section must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion, which must be requested as promptly as possible: Pro-
vided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used 
to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which 
emergency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of 
the Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to 
exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehi-
cles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for 
telephone 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 members 
lower than to subscribers who are not members.
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AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be avail-
able for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust manage-
ment and reform activities. Total funding for historical ac-
counting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 
any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 
funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 
funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution meth-
odologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Pri-
ority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
year 2018. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, over-
lapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodolo-
gies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands,
741 
waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part 
of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York 
and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating 
and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation 
and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac-
tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 
franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other 
agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be depos-
ited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforce-
ment’’ account, from the designated operator for facilities 
subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are 
above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in 
place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2018 
shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines;
742 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspec-
tions completed in fiscal year 2018. Fees for fiscal year 
2018 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 
subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment required with-
in 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated 
operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end 
of the month in which the inspection occurred, with pay-
ment required within 30 days of billing. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION 
AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer 
funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus 
affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the
743 
reprogramming guidelines described in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear 
cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and 
other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear 
contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 
of title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term 
restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long- 
term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 
horses and burros by such organizations or entities on pri-
vate land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may 
not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of 
the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threat-
ened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system 
of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, 
that are released from federally operated or federally fi-
nanced hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases 
of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must
744 
have a visible mark that can be readily identified by com-
mercial and recreational fishers. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division 
E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by 
striking ‘‘through 2020,’’ in the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘through 2022,’’. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2018, in carrying out work involving co-
operation with State, local, and tribal governments or any 
political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record ob-
ligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, 
except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 
end of the fiscal year. 
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses 
or burros that have been removed from the public lands to 
other Federal, State, and local government agencies for use 
as work animals: Provided, That the Secretary may make 
any such transfer immediately upon request of such Fed-
eral, State, or local government agency: Provided further, 
That any excess animal transferred under this provision
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shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro 
as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment agency receiving excess wild horses or burros as 
authorized in this section shall not: destroy the horses or 
burros in a way that results in their destruction into com-
mercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the horses or 
burros in a way that results in their destruction for proc-
essing into commercial products; or euthanize the horses or 
burros except upon the recommendation of a licensed veteri-
narian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 
SEC. 114. There is appropriated $123,824,000 for an 
additional amount for ‘‘Compact of Free Association’’, 
which shall remain available until expended for use in 
meeting the financial obligations of the Government of the 
United States under the Agreement between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Palau Following the Compact of Free Associa-
tion Section 432 Review, signed on September 3, 2010, with 
the funding schedule therein modified by the Parties as nec-
essary and appropriate (‘‘Compact Review Agreement’’): 
Provided, That funds may not be made available under this 
section prior to the Compact Review Agreement and its ap-
pendices entering into force.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 115. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants 
to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private non-
profit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor 
under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize 
the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by 
other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and 
consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement 
would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals cur-
rently employed by the Department, including partial 
displacement through reduction of non-overtime 
hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services Pro-
gram for a job or function in a case in which a Fed-
eral employee is in a layoff status from the same or 
substantially equivalent job within the Department; 
or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services.
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JAY S. HAMMOND WILDERNESS 
SEC. 116. (a) DESIGNATION.—The approximately 
2,600,000 acres of National Wilderness Preservation System 
land located within the Lake Clark National Park and Pre-
serve designated by section 701(6) of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Pub-
lic Law 96–487) shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Jay 
S. Hammond Wilderness’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the wilderness area referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jay S. Hammond 
Wilderness’’. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 117. (a) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (54 
U.S.C. 320101 note), as amended by section 116(b)(2) of 
Public Law 114–113, is amended in each of sections 203, 
310, and 607, by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(b) Section 140(j) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (54 U.S.C. 
320101 note; Public Law 108–108; 117 Stat. 1280) is 
amended by striking ‘‘15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘17 years’’.
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PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 118. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 
SEC. 119. The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
to authorize the addition of lands to Morristown National 
Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other 
purposes’’, approved September 18, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 409g), 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, from a willing owner only,’’ 
after ‘‘the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
procure’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘615’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘715’’. 
SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-
tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
SEC. 121. (a) The following provisions of S. 1460 (En-
ergy and Natural Resources Act of 2017) of the 115th Con-
gress, as placed on the calendar of the Senate on June 29, 
2017, are hereby enacted into law: 
(1) Section 7130 (Modification of the Second Di-
vision Memorial). 
(2) Section 7134 (Ste. Genevieve National His-
torical Park). 
(b) H.R. 1281 as introduced in the 115th Congress (A 
bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conserva-
tion Act) and H.R. 4134 as introduced in the 115th Con-
gress (Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesigna-
tion Act) are hereby enacted into law. 
(c) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 
United States Statutes at large pursuant to section 112 of 
title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 
States shall include after the date of approval at the end 
an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the bill 
and the bills referred to in subsections (a) and (b), respec-
tively. 
MINERAL WITHDRAWAL SUBJECT TO VALID EXISTING 
RIGHTS 
SEC. 122. (a) The mineral estate identified in Bureau 
of Land Management contracts number CA 20139 and CA
750 
22901 is hereby withdrawn from all forms of mineral entry 
authority of the Secretary, subject to valid existing rights. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; nec-
essary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel 
expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and sup-
plies; and other operating expenses in support of research 
and development, $713,823,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $4,100,000 shall be for Research: Na-
tional Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That of unobli-
gated balances from appropriations made available under 
this heading, $7,350,000 are permanently rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant 
to the preceding proviso from amounts made available in 
the first proviso for Research: National Priorities.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci-
eties or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members; administrative costs of the 
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability 
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; imple-
mentation of a coal combustion residual permit program 
under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; 
and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, $2,643,299,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the funds in-
cluded under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Envi-
ronmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided further, That of the funds included under this head-
ing, $447,857,000 shall be for Geographic Programs speci-
fied in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):
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Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from ap-
propriations 
made 
available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$45,300,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso from amounts made available in the first 
proviso for Environmental Protection: National Priorities, 
from amounts made available in the second proviso for Geo-
graphic Programs, or from the National Estuary Program 
(33 U.S.C. 1330). 
In addition, $10,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in sec-
tion 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursuant 
to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Serv-
ice Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal 
year 2018 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 
and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated in this paragraph from the general fund for 
fiscal year 2018 shall be reduced by the amount of discre-
tionary offsetting receipts received during fiscal year 2018, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent that amounts realized from 
such receipts exceed $10,000,000, those amount in excess of
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$10,000,000 shall be deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 
Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 
2018, shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and 
expenses in this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That of the funds included in 
the first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk 
Review and Reduction program project shall be allocated 
for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of any fees appro-
priated, not less than the amount of appropriations for that 
program project for fiscal year 2014. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the 
development, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the 
hazardous waste electronic manifest system established by 
such section, $3,674,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 
under such section 3024 are received during fiscal year 
2018, which shall remain available until expended and be 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
ther, That to the extent such offsetting collections received
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in fiscal year 2018 exceed $3,674,000, those excess amounts 
shall remain available until expended and be used for nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 
(c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) $1,091,947,000, to re-
main available until expended, consisting of such sums as 
are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2017, 
as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 
to $1,091,947,000 as a payment from general revenues to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as au-
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thorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $8,778,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, and $15,496,000 shall be paid 
to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $66,572,000 shall 
be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank clean-
up activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out 
the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act speci-
fied in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appro-
priations made available under this heading to implement 
section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide fi-
nancial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for
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the development and implementation of programs to man-
age underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving 
funds and performance partnership grants, $3,562,161,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,393,887,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $863,233,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 
2018, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project 
applications and projects are consistent with State 
Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the 
funds made available under this title to each State for 
Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants shall be used by the State for projects to ad-
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dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, 
funds made available under this title to each State for 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used 
for projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the 
amounts in a State water pollution control revolving 
fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
fund shall not apply to amounts included as prin-
cipal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2018 
and prior years where such amounts represent costs 
of administering the fund to the extent that such 
amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Ad-
ministrator, accounted for separately from other as-
sets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 
fund, including administration: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants 
made under title II of such Act for American Samoa,
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Guam, the commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 
the United States Virgin Islands, and the District of 
Columbia may also be made for the purpose of pro-
viding assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design 
activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for 
any proposed project for the construction of treatment 
works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replace-
ment of privately owned treatment works serving one 
or more principal residences or small commercial es-
tablishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2018, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section 
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under 
section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely 
for facility plans, design activities, or plans, speci-
fications, and estimates for any proposed project for 
the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the 
construction, repair, or replacement of privately 
owned treatment works serving one or more principal 
residences or small commercial establishments: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2018, notwith-
standing any provision of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act and regulations issued pursuant
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thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds re-
served by the Administrator for grants under section 
518(c) of such Act may also be used for grants for 
training, technical assistance, and educational pro-
grams relating to the operation and management of 
the treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such 
Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, funds 
reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall be 
available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined 
in section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian res-
ervations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined 
in Public Law 92–203: Provided further, That for fis-
cal year 2018, notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 
funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is 
greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds ap-
propriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for 
State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be re-
served by the Administrator for grants under section 
518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the
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amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the 
aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water 
State Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may be 
reserved by the Administrator for grants made under 
title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Is-
lands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up 
to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided fur-
ther, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest
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loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence 
from the Administrator, determines that such funds 
could be used to help address a threat to public health 
from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or 
if a Federal or State emergency declaration has been 
issued due to a threat to public health from height-
ened exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water 
supply before the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That in a State in which such an emer-
gency declaration has been issued, the State may use 
more than 20 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to the State for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide ad-
ditional subsidy to eligible recipients; 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area
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of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation 
with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to 
address the water, wastewater and other critical in-
frastructure needs of the colonias in the United States 
along the United States-Mexico border shall be made 
available to a county or municipal government unless 
that government has established an enforceable local 
ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
that jurisdiction the development or construction of 
any additional colonia areas, or the development 
within an existing colonia the construction of any 
new home, business, or other structure which lacks 
water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State of 
Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no 
more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for ad-
ministrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State 
of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the 
Statewide priority list established in conjunction with 
the Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar
763 
projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are 
funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of 
the funds provided for projects in regional hub com-
munities; 
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA 
shall be used for site characterization, assessment, and 
remediation 
of 
facilities 
described 
in 
section 
101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assist-
ance in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent 
poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 20 
percent or more of its population living in poverty 
over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 
2000 decennial censuses and the most recent Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates;
764 
(5) $75,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $40,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act); 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322); and 
(8) $1,076,041,000 shall be for grants, including 
associated program support costs, to States, federally 
recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, 
and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or 
single media pollution prevention, control and abate-
ment and related activities, including activities pur-
suant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under 
section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate mat-
ter monitoring and data collection activities subject to 
terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, 
of which: $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 
128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environ-
mental Information Exchange Network grants, in-
765 
cluding associated program support costs; $1,498,000 
shall be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in ad-
dition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the 
funds available for grants under section 106 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State 
participation in national- and State-level statistical 
surveys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs; $10,000,000 shall be for multi-
purpose grants, including interagency agreements: 
Provided, That hereafter, notwithstanding other ap-
plicable provisions of law, the funds appropriated for 
the Indian Environmental General Assistance Pro-
gram shall be available to federally recognized tribes 
for solid waste and recovered materials collection, 
transportation, backhaul, and disposal services. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaran-
teed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Fi-
766 
nance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, in-
cluding capitalized interest, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $610,000,000. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this 
account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Inno-
vation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
767 
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the 
Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded 
from funds designated for State financial assistance agree-
ments. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insec-
ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of 
FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2018. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental 
Programs and Management’’ to the head of any Federal de-
partment or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to
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carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 
Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 
an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal de-
partment or agency to carry out these activities; and to 
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, 
monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furtherance 
of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great 
Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs 
and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous 
Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed 
$150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2018, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use the 
amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 
of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sec-
tions 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs
769 
and Management’’ for fiscal year 2018 to provide grants 
to implement the Southeastern New England Watershed 
Restoration Program. 
Of the unobligated balances available for the ‘‘State 
and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $96,198,000 are 
hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from 
amounts that were made available by subsection (a) of sec-
tion 196 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion C of Public Law 114–223), as amended by the Further 
Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 
2017 (Public Law 114–254). 
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 
320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
not less than $1,000,000 of the funds made available under 
this title for the National Estuary Program shall be for 
making competitive awards described in section 320(g)(4).
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Natural Resources and Environment, $875,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to any 
agency in the Natural Resources and Environment mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the office. 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $297,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the 
funds provided, $77,000,000 is for the forest inventory and 
analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health manage-
ment, and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $335,525,000, to remain available through September
771 
30, 2021, as authorized by law; of which $67,025,000 is to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
to be used for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail-
able for the Forest Legacy Program and derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, $5,938,000 is hereby 
permanently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 
failed or partially failed projects that had funds returned: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, and 
for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such 
lands, $1,923,750,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 
Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration 
treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $366,000,000 shall be
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for forest products: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, $430,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels manage-
ment activities, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 may be 
used to make grants, using any authorities available to the 
Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ ap-
propriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for in-
creased use of biomass from National Forest System lands: 
Provided further, That $15,000,000 may be used by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts 
or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous 
fuels management activities, and for training or moni-
toring associated with such hazardous fuels management 
activities on Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the 
Secretary determines such activities benefit resources on 
Federal land: Provided further, That funds made available 
to implement the Community Forestry Restoration Act, 
Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be available for use on 
non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities made 
available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private 
Forestry’’ appropriations: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calcu-
lating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may pro-
vide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to 
a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation
773 
practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal 
year in which the cost of the conservation practice is in-
curred. And, that the amount credited shall remain avail-
able to the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as 
appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made 
and each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for 
conservation practices approved by the Secretary. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $449,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021, for construction, capital im-
provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 
other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, re-
construction, decommissioning of roads that are no longer 
needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of 
the transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads 
and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds 
becoming available in fiscal year 2018 under the Act of 
March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the 
General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available 
for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the 
funds are appropriated.
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LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, 
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the Forest Service, $64,337,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries 
of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; 
the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali-
fornia; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National 
Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $850,000, 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 govern-
ments, public school districts, or other public school authori-
ties, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited 
by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Ex-
change Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 
U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 30,
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2021, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Pub-
lic Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic 
livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western 
States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94– 
579, to remain available through September 30, 2021, of 
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, 
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,500,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021.
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, $2,880,338,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021: Provided, That such funds in-
cluding unobligated balances under this heading, are avail-
able for repayment of advances from other appropriations 
accounts previously transferred for such purposes: Provided 
further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in a pre-
vious fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be 
transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be available to reim-
burse State and other cooperating entities for services pro-
vided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disas-
ters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 
for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 
emergency management agency: Provided further, That 
funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 
emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of im-
plementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal 
Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as
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mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided fur-
ther, That funds designated for wildfire suppression, shall 
be assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such assess-
ments are calculated against other agency programs: Pro-
vided further, That the $65,000,000 made available under 
this heading in the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235) for the 
purpose of acquiring aircraft for the next-generation 
airtanker fleet shall instead be available until expended for 
the purpose of enhancing firefighting mobility, effectiveness, 
efficiency, and safety. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, op-
eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to main-
tain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland 
fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwith-
standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being re-
placed may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement air-
craft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to 
exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3)
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purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other 
public 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 558a 
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency reha-
bilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under 
its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 
conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire sup-
pression funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Pro-
vided, That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must 
be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must 
be requested as promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire 
management, hazardous fuels management, and State fire
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assistance when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of discre-
tionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by this 
Act to or within the National Forest System Account, or 
reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of hazardous 
fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over 
National Forest System lands and water, such transferred 
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2021: 
Provided, That none of the funds transferred pursuant to 
this section shall be available for obligation without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That this section does not apply to funds appro-
priated to the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund 
or funds derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
780 
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 
Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 
sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 
and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ-
ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the De-
partment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and organiza-
tions to provide technical assistance and training programs 
overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such 
lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year 
shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 
702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106–224 
(7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107– 
171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)).
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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 Founda-
tion or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foun-
dation 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 as-
sistance 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)). 
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-
pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 
maintenance and decommissioning.
784 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 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 as-
sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur-
chase negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil 
litigation. Future budget justifications for both the Forest 
Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly 
display the sums previously transferred and the sums re-
quested for transfer. 
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 pur-
poses of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 
Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 
following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 
prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 
item and account, to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
785 
The Forest Service shall submit, through the Office of 
Budget and Program Analysis, to the Office of Management 
and Budget a proposed system of administrative control of 
funds for its accounts, as described in 31 U.S.C. 1514, not 
later than June 21, 2018. 
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 Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$3,952,290,000, together with payments received during the 
fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b), 238b), for services 
furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations 
through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agree-
ments or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education 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 limita-
786 
tion: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available 
for grants or contracts with public or private institutions 
to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, 
including alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, 
That $962,695,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including 
$53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency 
Fund, shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, up to $36,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for implementation of the 
loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, $11,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended to supplement funds available for oper-
ational costs at tribal clinics operated under an Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act compact 
or contract where health care is delivered in space acquired 
through a full service lease, which is not eligible for mainte-
nance and improvement and equipment funds from the In-
dian Health Service, and $58,000,000 shall be for costs re-
lated to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, of 
which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts 
otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Govern-
ment as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and
787 
1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con-
tracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 
108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain 
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of that 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 
that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, 
That the amounts made available within this account for 
the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for 
the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero 
Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for ci-
vilian employees, for aftercare pilot programs at Youth Re-
gional Treatment Centers, to improve collections from pub-
lic 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 for 
which the performance period falls 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
788 
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 shall re-
main 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, and from tribes and tribal orga-
nizations operating health facilities pursuant to 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 Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 
seq.): Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$72,280,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 
typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac-
count: Provided further, That the accreditation emergency
789 
funds may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typi-
cally 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-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2018, such sums 
as may be necessary: Provided, 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 equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci-
fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and 
erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination 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 re-
spect to environmental health and facilities support activi-
ties of the Indian Health Service, $867,504,000, to remain
790 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan-
ning, design, construction, renovation or expansion 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 equipment from the Department of Defense for 
distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facili-
ties: 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 Department 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 inter-
agency 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.
791 
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 po-
sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; 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 au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services; uniforms or allowances there-
for as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses 
of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or ac-
tivities of the Indian Health Service: Provided, That in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement 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
792 
to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under 
Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act 
and Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except 
those used for administrative and program direction pur-
poses, shall not be subject to limitations directed at cur-
tailing 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 Commit-
tees 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. 5321 et seq. (title I), 5381 et seq. (title V)), may 
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 
title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 
to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used
793 
to implement the final rule published in the Federal Reg-
ister 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 re-
flecting the increased costs associated with the proposed 
final rule, and such request has been included in an appro-
priations 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 ad-
vance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 
received therefrom, along with the funds received from those 
entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, 
may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation 
account from which the funds were originally derived, with 
such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That reimbursements for training, technical assist-
ance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service will 
contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and 
overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, serv-
ices, or technical assistance: Provided further, That the In-
dian Health Service may provide to civilian medical per-
sonnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health
794 
Service housing allowances equivalent to those that would 
be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 
United States Public Health Service serving in similar po-
sitions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appro-
priation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 
be altered without advance notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments 
and 
Reauthorization 
Act 
of 
1986, 
$77,349,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac-
tivities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000: Provided, That
795 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per-
forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other 
appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, in-
cluding, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 
any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 
activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound 
by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess 
of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of 
CERCLA during fiscal year 2018, and existing profiles 
may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned 
to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En-
vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im-
provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 
1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and rep-
796 
resentation expenses, $3,000,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all 
powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate pay-
able for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Haz-
ard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 
three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the individual appointed to the position of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, 
by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of In-
spector General of the Board: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of In-
797 
spector General of EPA in performing the duties of the In-
spector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any 
individuals to positions within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $15,431,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 
lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, 
and all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the 
funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by 
the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict 
any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 
30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned 
to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is pro-
vided for such household: Provided further, That no 
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or re-
placement home: Provided further, That the Office shall re-
locate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 
received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation 
or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reserva-
798 
tion or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Pub-
lic Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized 
by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 
4411 et seq.), $9,835,000, which shall become available on 
July 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2019. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 
as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
science, and history; development, preservation, and docu-
mentation of the National Collections; presentation of pub-
lic exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dis-
semination, and exchange of information and publications; 
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance pro-
grams; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements 
of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, fa-
cilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $731,444,000,
799 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, except as oth-
erwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,908,000 
for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 
exhibition reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal re-
mains program shall remain available until expended; and 
including such funds as may be necessary to support Amer-
ican overseas research centers: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein are available for advance payments to inde-
pendent contractors performing research services or partici-
pating in official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by 
section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and 
for 
construction, 
including 
necessary 
personnel, 
$311,903,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 
of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, 
and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized 
by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended
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by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolu-
tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when au-
thorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in 
library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or 
to members at a price lower than to the general public; pur-
chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or rental of 
devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 
thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and re-
pair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase 
of services for restoration and repair of works of art for 
the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without ad-
vertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 
rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the 
Gallery may deem proper, $141,790,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed 
$3,620,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain 
available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and ren-
ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occu-
pied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or other-
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wise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 
years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 years, 
that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations 
in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $24,203,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That con-
tracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys-
tems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 
National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected 
contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor quali-
fications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance 
and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, $23,740,000. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of the 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$16,775,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
802 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$152,849,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in 
the arts, including arts education and public outreach ac-
tivities, through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and 
for administering the functions of the Act, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$152,848,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$141,548,000 shall be available for support of activities in 
the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for 
administering the functions of the Act; and $11,300,000 
shall be available to carry out the matching grants program
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pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 
$9,100,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That 
appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be 
available for obligation only in such amounts as may be 
equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of 
money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by 
grantees of the National Endowment for the Humanities 
under 
the 
provisions 
of 
sections 
11(a)(2)(B) 
and 
11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years 
for which equal amounts have not previously been appro-
priated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to 
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 
from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chairperson of the National Endowment for 
the Arts may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the 
aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 5 per-
cent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per
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year: Provided further, That such small grant actions are 
taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct dele-
gation of authority from the National Council on the Arts 
to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,762,000: Pro-
vided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to 
cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall 
be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to re-
main available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized 
to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings 
and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 
Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Com-
mission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, 
study, or education: Provided further, That one-tenth of one 
percent of the funds provided under this heading may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,750,000.
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His-
toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,400,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,099,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent 
of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 
official reception and representational expenses associated 
with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning 
and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), 
$59,000,000, of which $1,715,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020, for the Museum’s equipment re-
placement program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for 
the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain 
available until expended.
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission for design and construction of a me-
morial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–79, $45,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the contract with respect to 
the procurement shall contain the ‘‘availability of funds’’ 
clause described in section 52.232.18 of title 48, Code of 
Federal Regulations: Provided further, That the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be deemed to satisfy the criteria for 
issuing a permit contained in 40 U.S.C. 8906(a)(4) and 
(b). 
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage Cen-
tennial Commission, as authorized by the Women’s Suffrage 
Centennial Commission Act (section 431(a)(3) of division 
G of Public Law 115–31), $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centen-
nial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I 
Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War I Cen-
tennial Commission, $7,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That in addition to the authority pro-
vided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I Commis-
sion may accept money, in-kind personnel services, contrac-
tual support, or any appropriate support from any execu-
tive branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative pro-
posal on which Congressional action is not complete other 
than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 
in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
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OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead 
charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including work-
ing capital fund and cost pool charges, from programs, 
projects, activities and subactivities to support government- 
wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative func-
tions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall 
be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to 
approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or proc-
ess applications for a patent for any mining or mill site 
claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
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retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all require-
ments established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Re-
vised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 
claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 
section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill 
site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with 
by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2019, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third- 
party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and
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pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the 
standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in the retention of third-party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fiscal 
year 2018. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2018 LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 
2018 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support 
Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract support 
costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance 
contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
for fiscal year 2018 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 
the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such amounts 
provided by this Act are not available for payment of claims 
for contract support costs for prior years, or for repayments 
of payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years.
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FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the For-
est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 
years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit 
of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section ex-
empts the Secretary from any other requirement of the For-
est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 
U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if 
the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, 
within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit 
of the National Forest System, this section shall be void 
with respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction 
may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 
or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument es-
tablished pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, 
except where such activities are allowed under the Presi-
dential proclamation establishing such monument.
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LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or in-
terests in lands may be expended for the filing of declara-
tions of taking or complaints in condemnation without the 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to 
funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National 
Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds 
appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida 
to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the 
value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and 
stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allow-
ance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when ap-
praised using a residual value appraisal. The western red 
cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 
of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available 
to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States 
at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red 
cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United 
States domestic processors may be exported to foreign mar-
kets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yel-
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low cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 
election of the timber sale holder. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may 
be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such con-
tract is entered into in accordance with the requirements 
of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 
137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract 
to be entered into without regard for these require-
ments, including formula grants for States, or feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes; or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any 
other Federal laws that specifically authorize a con-
tract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c),
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post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 
SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to 
an individual if such grant is awarded to such indi-
vidual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 
Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 
ensure that no funding provided through a grant, ex-
cept a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 
regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
other organization or individual to conduct activity 
independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in
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this subsection shall prohibit payments made in ex-
change for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding finan-
cial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated 
under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment 
for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, pro-
ductions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved 
populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a 
population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview of 
arts and humanities programs due to factors such as 
a high incidence of income below the poverty line or 
to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and
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Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 
size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services 
or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowl-
edge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the 
arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to 
any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1);
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(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 
annually and by State, on grants awarded by the 
Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 
such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations 
including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 
funds in each program and activity. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula-
tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 
nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting 
from biological processes associated with livestock produc-
tion.
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GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that 
provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 
emissions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 419. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 
112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE 
SEC. 420. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initia-
tive Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 421. The terms and conditions of section 325 of 
Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing 
permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not sub-
ject to administration under section 402 of the Federal
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Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall 
remain in effect for fiscal year 2018. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 422. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network is designed to block access to por-
nography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT ACT 
SEC. 423. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility 
Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 
580d note; Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking 
‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 424. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by 
a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized 
by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system 
or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States.
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(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 
precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 
under this section, the Administrator shall make available 
to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request 
and information available to the Administrator concerning 
the request, and shall allow for informal public input on 
the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 
based on the request. The Administrator shall make the re-
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quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the 
provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management 
and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
MIDWAY ISLAND 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures on 
Midway Island that have been recommended by the United 
States Navy for inclusion in the National Register of His-
toric Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 426. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) 
and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out 
section 4(a)(1)(H), $23,740,000 for fiscal year 2018.
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‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $16,775,000 for fiscal year 
2018.’’. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS
OF
EXCESS
EQUIPMENT
AND
SUPPLIES
FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 427. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volun-
teer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire 
protection associations, and similar organizations to pro-
vide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 
121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of title 
40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized 
to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior fire-
fighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the func-
tions of the Department’s wildland fire management pro-
gram to such organizations. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 
SEC. 428. Section 424 of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’.
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TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HOSPITALS 
SEC. 429. Section 1886(d)(12)(C) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)(C)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) TREATMENT
OF
INDIAN
HEALTH 
SERVICE AND NON-INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE FA-
CILITIES.—For purposes of determining wheth-
er— 
‘‘(I) a subsection (d) hospital of the In-
dian Health Service (whether operated by 
such Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal 
organization (as those terms are defined in 
section 4 of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act)), or 
‘‘(II) a subsection (d) hospital other 
than a hospital of the Indian Health Serv-
ice meets the mileage criterion under clause 
(i) with respect to fiscal year 2011 or a suc-
ceeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
apply the policy described in the regulation 
at part 412.101(e) of title 42, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
enactment of this clause).’’.
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INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 430. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environ-
mental Protection Agency—Hazardous Substance Super-
fund’’, $63,000,000, of which $54,389,000 shall be for the 
Superfund Remedial program and $8,611,000 shall be for 
the Superfund Emergency Response and Removal program, 
to remain available until expended, consisting of such sums 
as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2017, 
as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 
to $63,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized 
by section 517(b) of SARA. 
(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants,’’ 
for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds 
and performance partnership grants, $650,000,000 to re-
main available until expended, of which— 
(1) $300,000,000 shall be for making capitaliza-
tion grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $300,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water
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including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, in-
cluding capitalized interest, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $6,100,000,000. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 431. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, 
jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 
forest biomass for energy, conservation, and re-
sponsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use 
of forest biomass as an energy solution, including 
policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest biomass 
for energy production does not cause conversion 
of forests to non-forest use.
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(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities identi-
fied in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of 
the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 
issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 
CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alas-
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ka that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ units 
in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is 
issued, the Administrator shall implement the law and reg-
ulations in effect prior to such date. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), 
the Second Chance Act of 2007, and the National Appren-
ticeship Act, $3,486,200,000, plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,789,832,000 as follows:
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(A) $845,556,000 for adult employment and 
training activities, of which $133,556,000 shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2018 through 
June 30, 2019, and of which $712,000,000 shall 
be available for the period October 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; 
(B) $903,416,000 for youth activities, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; and 
(C) $1,040,860,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$180,860,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $696,368,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve, of which $20,859,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 
through September 30, 2019, and of which
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$200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to 
provide assistance to a State for statewide or 
local use in order to address cases where there 
have been worker dislocations across multiple 
sectors or across multiple local areas and such 
workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State 
workforce development plan with emerging eco-
nomic development needs; and train such eligible 
dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) 
of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance 
and demonstration projects, respectively, that 
provide assistance to new entrants in the work-
force and incumbent workers: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the 
WIOA, of the funds provided under this subpara-
graph, the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘Secretary’’) may reserve not more than 
10 percent of such funds to provide technical as-
sistance and carry out additional activities re-
lated to the transition to the WIOA: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this
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subparagraph, $30,000,000 shall be for training 
and 
employment 
assistance 
under 
sections 
168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent 
limitation in such section) and 170 of the WIOA 
for workers in the Appalachian region, as de-
fined by 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1) and workers in 
the Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 4(2) 
of the Delta Development Act (Public Law 100– 
460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)); 
(B) $54,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; 
(C) $87,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $81,447,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
employment and training services), $5,922,000 
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent hous-
ing), and $527,000 for other discretionary pur-
poses, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or related regulation, the Department of Labor
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under the National Apprenticeship Act, to be 
available to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts 
and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, 
and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the pur-
chase of real property for training centers as authorized by 
the WIOA, $1,718,655,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; 
(2) $83,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 
30, 2021, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative effi-
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ciencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred 
pursuant to the preceding provision shall not be 
available for obligation after June 30, 2019: Provided 
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $400,000,000, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2018 through June 
30, 2019, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord-
ance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2018 of trade adjust-
ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment 
and case management services, allowances for job search 
and relocation, and related State administrative expenses