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Union Calendar No. 100
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2691
[Report No. 108–195] 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2003
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, from the Committee on Appropriations, re-
ported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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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, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $834,088,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $1,000,000 is for high priority 
projects, to be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps; $2,222,000 is for assessment of the mineral poten-
tial of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 
of Public Law 96–487; (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special 
receipt account established by the Land and Water Con-
servation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); 
and $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2004 sub-
ject to a match by at least an equal amount by the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared 
projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and
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such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump 
sum grant without regard to when expenses are incurred; 
in addition, $32,696,000 is for Mining Law Administra-
tion 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 annual 
mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$834,088,000, 
and 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from com-
munication site rental fees established by the Bureau for 
the cost of administering communication site activities: 
Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be 
available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contrac-
tors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $698,725,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$12,374,000 shall be for the renovation or construction 
of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also avail-
able for repayment of advances to other appropriation ac-
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counts from which funds were previously transferred for 
such purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pur-
suant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and 
lodging without cost from funds available from this appro-
priation: 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 hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training 
and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels re-
duction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-
Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Fed-
eral land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutu-
ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That in entering into such grants or cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary may consider the enhancement of 
local and small business employment opportunities for
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rural communities, and that in entering into procurement 
contracts under this heading on a best value basis, the 
Secretary may take into account the ability of an entity 
to enhance local and small business employment opportu-
nities in rural communities, and that the Secretary may 
award procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements under this heading to entities that include 
local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or re-
lated partnerships, or small or disadvantaged businesses: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head 
may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service 
for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 
of such Act in connection with wildland fire management 
activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into 
non-competitive sole source leases of real property with 
local governments, at or below fair market value, to con-
struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 
leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 
stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 
fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 
any such lease or for construction activity associated with
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the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage-
ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000, 
between the Departments when such transfers would fa-
cilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire manage-
ment programs and projects: Provided further, That funds 
provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for sup-
port of Federal emergency response actions.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.), $9,978,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or 
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 
or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account, 
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or 
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
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and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real 
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise 
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited 
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $10,976,000, to 
remain available until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 
interests therein, $14,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able 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 Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $106,672,000 to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT) 
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem 
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose 
of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring sal-
vage timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery 
activities, such as release from competing vegetation and 
density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts 
(defined as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid 
to the counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 
1181f–1 et seq., and Public Law 106–393) derived from 
treatments funded by this account shall be deposited into 
the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal
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rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), 
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments 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: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses.
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to 
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
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received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of 
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which 
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to 
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that 
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the 
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to 
repair other damaged public lands.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the 
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such 
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain 
available until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management 
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to 
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information 
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate, 
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with 
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, 
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of 
meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further, 
That section 28 of title 30, United States Code, is amend-
ed: (1) in section 28f(a), by striking ‘‘for years 2002 
through 2003’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for years 
2004 through 2008’’; and (2) in section 28g, by striking 
‘‘and before September 30, 2003’’ and inserting in lieu 
thereof ‘‘and before September 30, 2008’’.
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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, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 
general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources by direct 
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements 
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $959,901,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, 
That not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to local 
governments in southern California for planning associ-
ated with the Natural Communities Conservation Plan-
ning (NCCP) program and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That $2,000,000 is for high pri-
ority projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth 
Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$12,286,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act, as amended, for species that are indigenous to 
the United States (except for processing petitions, devel-
oping and issuing proposed and final regulations, and tak-
ing any other steps to implement actions described in sub-
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section (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which 
not to exceed $8,900,000 shall be used for any activity 
regarding the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to 
subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species 
already listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as of the date 
of enactment this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to 
remain available until expended, may at the discretion of 
the Secretary be used for payment for information, re-
wards, or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency ex-
penses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by 
the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on her certifi-
cate: Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may re-
main available until expended for contaminant sample 
analyses.
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; $52,718,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), 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, 
$23,058,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
land acquisition projects can be used to pay for any ad-
ministrative overhead, planning or other management 
costs.
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried 
out on private lands, $40,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is for a Landowner Incentive Program established 
by the Secretary that provides matching, competitively 
awarded grants to States, the District of Columbia, 
Tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Is-
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derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Con-
servation Fund and $50,000,000 is to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,414,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public 
Law 101–233, as amended, $24,560,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For financial assistance for projects to promote the con-
servation of neotropical migratory birds in accordance 
with the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 
Public Law 106–247 (16 U.S.C. 6101–6109), $5,000,000, 
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. 4201–4203, 4211–
4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96; 16 
U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), and the Great
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Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), 
$5,000,000, 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 federally recognized Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the devel-
opment and implementation of programs for the benefit 
of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not 
hunted or fished, $75,000,000 to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided herein, $6,000,000 is for a competitive grant pro-
gram for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, after deducting said $6,000,000 and adminis-
trative expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in 
the following manner: (A) 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 (B) 
to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth
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of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 
manner: (A) 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 (B) 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 para-
graph 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 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 50 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 no State, territory, 
or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant unless it has de-
veloped, or committed to develop by October 1, 2005, a 
comprehensive wildlife conservation plan, consistent with 
criteria established by the Secretary of the Interior, that 
considers the broad range of the State, territory, or other 
jurisdiction’s wildlife and associated habitats, with appro-
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priate priority placed on those species with the greatest 
conservation need and taking into consideration the rel-
ative level of funding available for the conservation of 
those species: Provided further, That any amount appor-
tioned in 2004 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 
that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2005, shall 
be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 
2006, in the manner provided herein: Provided further, 
That balances from amounts previously appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘State Wildlife Grants’’ shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 157 passenger motor vehicles, of 
which 142 are for replacement only (including 33 for po-
lice-type use); 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 incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with 
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States
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has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection 
with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife 
resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, 
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least 
one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and 
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the 
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for 
existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior 
may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used 
in the establishment of any new unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in ad-
vance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions in compliance with the reprogramming procedures 
contained in the House Report accompanying this Act.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
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maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, $1,636,882,000 of which $10,887,000 
is for planning and interagency coordination in support 
of Everglades restoration and shall remain available until 
expended; of which $98,480,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2005, is for maintenance, repair or reha-
bilitation projects for constructed assets, operation of the 
National Park Service automated facility management 
software system, and comprehensive facility condition as-
sessments; and of which $2,000,000 is for the Youth Con-
servation Corps for high priority projects: Provided, That 
the only funds in this account which may be made avail-
able to support United States Park Police are those funds 
approved for emergency law and order incidents pursuant 
to established National Park Service procedures, those 
funds needed to maintain and repair United States Park 
Police administrative facilities, and those funds necessary 
to reimburse the United States Park Police account for 
the unbudgeted overtime and travel costs associated with 
special events for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per 
event subject to the review and concurrence of the Wash-
ington headquarters office.
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UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of 
the United States Park Police, $78,859,000.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual 
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, $54,924,000: Provided, That none of 
the funds in this or previous Acts for the Rivers, Trails 
and Conservation Assistance Program may be used for co-
operative agreements or any other form of cash grant.
URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $305,000, to remain available 
until expended.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), 
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $71,000,000, to be 
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the
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total amount provided, $30,000,000 shall be for Save 
America’s Treasures for priority preservation projects, of 
nationally significant sites, structures, and artifacts: Pro-
vided further, That any individual Save America’s Treas-
ures grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds: Pro-
vided further, That individual projects shall only be eligible 
for one grant, and all projects to be funded shall be ap-
proved by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 
with the President’s Committee on the Arts and Human-
ities prior to the commitment of grant funds: Provided fur-
ther, That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for 
Federal projects shall be available by transfer to appro-
priate accounts of individual agencies, after approval of 
such projects by the Secretary of the Interior, in consulta-
tion with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Hu-
manities.
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park 
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $303,199,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds in this or any other Act, may be used to pay
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the salaries and expenses of more than 160 Full Time 
Equivalent personnel working for the National Park Serv-
ice’s Denver Service Center funded under the construction 
program management and operations activity: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this or any 
other Act may be used to pre-design, plan, or construct 
any new facility (including visitor centers, curatorial facili-
ties, administrative buildings), for which appropriations 
have not been specifically provided if the net construction 
cost of such facility is in excess of $5,000,000, without 
prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That this restriction ap-
plies to all funds available to the National Park Service, 
including partnership and fee demonstration projects: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act and 
in any prior Acts for the purpose of implementing the 
Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park 
Project shall be available for expenditure unless the Sec-
retary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Army, the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
the Attorney General file a joint report by September 30, 
2003, and every six months thereafter until December 31, 
2006, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, the House Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, the House Committee on Resources and the
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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, in-
dicating that the water entering A.R.M. Loxahatchee Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park 
meets all applicable State water quality standards and nu-
meric criteria adopted for phosphorus throughout A.R.M. 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades Na-
tional Park, as well as water quality requirements set 
forth in the Consent Decree entered in United States v. 
South Florida Water Management District, and that the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations respond 
in writing to the report indicating that the funds are avail-
able for expenditure.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2004 
by 16 U.S.C. 4601–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 
in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to 
the National Park Service, $131,154,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
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main available until expended, of which $97,500,000 is for 
the State assistance program including $2,500,000 to ad-
minister this program: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided for the State assistance program may be used 
to establish a contingency fund: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior, using prior year unobligated funds made 
available under any Act enacted before the date of enact-
ment of this Act for land acquisition assistance to the 
State of Florida for the acquisition of lands or water, or 
interests therein, within the Everglades watershed, shall 
transfer $5,000,000 to the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service ‘‘Resource Management’’ account for the pur-
pose of funding water quality monitoring and eradication 
of invasive exotic plants at A.R.M. Loxahatchee National 
Wildlife Refuge, as well as recovery actions for any listed 
species in the South Florida ecosystem, and may transfer 
such sums as may be determined necessary by the Sec-
retary of the Interior to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
‘‘Construction, General’’ account for the purpose of modi-
fying the construction of Storm Water Treatment Area 1 
East to include additional water quality improvement 
measures, such as additional compartmentalization, im-
proved flow control, vegetation management, and other ad-
ditional technologies based upon the recommendations of
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the Secretary of the Interior and the South Florida Water 
Management District, to maximize the treatment effective-
ness of Storm Water Treatment Area 1 East so that water 
delivered by Storm Water Treatment Area 1 East to 
A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge achieves 
State water quality standards, including the numeric cri-
terion for phosphorus, and that the cost sharing provisions 
of section 528 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1996 (110 Stat. 3769) shall apply to any funds pro-
vided by the Secretary of the Interior to the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers for this purpose: Provided further, 
That, subsequent to the transfer of the $5,000,000 to the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the transfer of funds, 
if any, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out 
water quality improvement measures for Storm Water 
Treatment Area 1 East, if any funds remain to be ex-
pended after the requirements of these provisions have 
been met, then the Secretary of the Interior may transfer, 
as appropriate, and use the remaining funds for Ever-
glades restoration activities benefiting the lands and re-
sources managed by the Department of the Interior in 
South Florida, subject to the approval by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of a reprogramming 
request by the Secretary detailing how the remaining 
funds will be expended for this purpose.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 249 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 202 shall be for replacement only, 
including not to exceed 193 for police-type use, 10 buses, 
and 8 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such 
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall 
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar 
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more 
than 3 calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt 
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report 
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island, 
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project. 
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the 
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
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The National Park Service may distribute to oper-
ating units based on the safety record of each unit the 
costs of programs designed to improve workplace and em-
ployee safety, and to encourage employees receiving work-
ers’ compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions 
for which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and dis-
seminate data relative to the foregoing activities; and to 
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 disseminate data; 
$935,660,000, of which $64,536,000 shall be available
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only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 
water resources investigations; and of which $15,227,000 
shall remain available until expended for conducting in-
quiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and 
materials processing industries; and of which $8,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for satellite oper-
ations; and of which $24,190,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2005, for the operation and maintenance 
of facilities and deferred maintenance; and of which 
$173,349,000 shall be available until September 30, 2005, 
for the biological research activity and the operation of 
the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of 
these funds provided for the biological research activity 
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, 
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property 
owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropria-
tion 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 
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not 
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are 
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
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ices Administration for security guard services; con-
tracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for 
the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 
when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee 
on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses 
of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the 
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 
(31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), the U.S. Geological Survey is au-
thorized to continue existing, and hereafter, to enter into 
new cooperative agreements directed towards a particular 
cooperator, in support of joint research and data collection 
activities with Federal, State, and academic partners 
funded by appropriations herein, including those that pro-
vide for space in cooperator facilities.
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MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and 
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including 
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, $164,216,000, of which 
$80,396,000, shall be available for royalty management 
activities; and an amount not to exceed $100,230,000, to 
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available 
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from 
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate 
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service (MMS) over and above the rates in effect 
on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for 
Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities estab-
lished after September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the 
extent $100,230,000 in additions to receipts are not real-
ized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount 
needed to reach $100,230,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
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Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30, 
2005: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in 
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for rea-
sonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and 
marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this 
heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in 
connection with certain Indian leases in which the Direc-
tor of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to 
pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to cor-
rect prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided 
further, That MMS may under the royalty-in-kind pilot 
program, or under its authority to transfer oil to the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve, use a portion of the revenues 
from royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal year 
limitation, to pay for transportation to wholesale market 
centers or upstream pooling points, and to process or oth-
erwise dispose of royalty production taken in kind, and 
to recover MMS transportation costs, salaries, and other 
administrative costs directly related to filling the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve: Provided further, That MMS shall
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analyze and document the expected return in advance of 
any royalty-in-kind sales to assure to the maximum extent 
practicable that royalty income under the pilot program 
is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized 
under a comparable royalty-in-value program.
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, 
$7,105,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for 
replacement only; $106,424,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use 
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in 
fiscal year 2004 for civil penalties assessed under section 
518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely af-
fected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to
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remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase 
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $194,469,000, to be derived from receipts of 
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain 
available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000, to 
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, 
shall be for supplemental grants to States for the reclama-
tion of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from 
coal mines, and for associated activities, through the Ap-
palachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants 
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State 
in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That of the funds 
herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the 
emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public 
Law 95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 per-
cent shall be used for emergency reclamation projects in
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any one State and funds for federally administered emer-
gency reclamation projects under this proviso shall not ex-
ceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year unob-
ligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation 
program shall not be subject to the 25 percent limitation 
per State and may be used without fiscal year limitation 
for emergency projects: Provided further, 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 contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
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U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
as amended, $1,902,106,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2005 except as otherwise provided herein, 
of which not to exceed $85,925,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed 
$135,315,000 shall be available for payments to tribes and 
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated 
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or 
during fiscal year 2004, as authorized by such Act, except 
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing 
contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agree-
ments and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and of 
which not to exceed $458,524,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 2004, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2005; and of which 
not to exceed $55,374,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at-
torney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self-Determina-
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tion Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo-
Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including but not lim-
ited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $49,297,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available to tribes and tribal or-
ganizations for administrative cost grants associated with 
ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or 
during fiscal year 2003 for the operation of Bureau-fund-
ed schools, and up to $3,000,000 within and only from 
such amounts made available for school operations shall 
be available for the transitional costs of initial administra-
tive cost grants to tribes and tribal organizations that 
enter into grants for the operation on or after July 1, 
2004 of Bureau-operated schools: Provided further, That 
any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unob-
ligated as of September 30, 2005, may be transferred dur-
ing fiscal year 2006 to an Indian forest land assistance 
account established for the benefit of such tribe within the 
tribe’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any such 
unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
September 30, 2006.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $345,154,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2004, in implementing 
new construction or facilities improvement and repair 
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 
tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100–
297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR
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part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, 
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and 
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications, 
the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or 
tribal organization would be deficient in assuring that the 
construction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and 
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with 
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an 
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements 
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That 
any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con-
cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision 
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses, 
$60,551,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$31,610,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
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to Public Laws 101–618, 107–331, and 102–575, and for 
implementation of other enacted water rights settlements; 
and of which $18,817,000 shall be available pursuant to 
Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 106–425, and 106–554; 
and of which $9,968,000 shall be available for payment 
to the Quinault Indian Nation pursuant to the terms of 
the North Boundary Settlement Agreement dated July 14, 
2000, providing for the acquisition of perpetual conserva-
tion easements from the Nation: Provided, That of the 
payment to the Quinault Indian Nation, $4,968,000 shall 
be derived from amounts provided under the heading 
‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Land Acquisi-
tion’’ in Public Law 108–7.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, 
$5,797,000, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act 
of 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
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 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $94,568,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed and insured loan programs, $700,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guar-
antee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed 
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of 
exhibits, and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which not to exceed 187 shall be for 
replacement only. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
operations, or pooled overhead general administration (ex-
cept facilities operations and maintenance) shall be avail-
able for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the
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Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish 
the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that 
tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be-
tween the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s abil-
ity to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 
452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of 
any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 
Appropriations made available in this or any other 
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall 
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995. 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 1146 of the Education Amendments
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of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), 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 be-
fore 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 pro-
grams 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 
performing functions related to the charter school’s oper-
ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of 
title 28, United States Code.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$74,343,000, of which: (1) $68,022,000 shall be available 
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
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controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree 
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in 
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $6,321,000 shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insu-
lar Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, in-
cluding such transactions of all agencies or instrumental-
ities established or used by such governments, may be au-
dited by the General Accounting Office, at its discretion, 
in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 
those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representa-
tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–
134: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for 
technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be made avail-
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able for a grant to the Pacific Basin Development Council: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided for tech-
nical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available 
for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, 
That the funds for the program of operations and mainte-
nance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize 
routine operations and maintenance improvement of cap-
ital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost 
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the 
grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its capital 
assets: Provided further, That any appropriation for dis-
aster assistance under this heading in this Act or previous 
appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching 
funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided 
pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for 
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 221(a)(3), 
221(b), 223, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, 
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for 
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free Asso-
ciation, $16,354,000, to remain available until expended,
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as authorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–
658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $79,027,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds in this or previous appro-
priations Acts may be used to establish any additional re-
serves in the Working Capital account other than the two 
authorized reserves without prior approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
From unobligated balances under this heading, 
$20,000,000 are hereby cancelled.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907), 
$225,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no 
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
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government if the computed amount of the payment is less 
than $100.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$50,374,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $39,049,000, of which $3,812,000 shall be for 
procurement by contract of independent auditing services 
to audit the consolidated Department of the Interior an-
nual financial statement and the annual financial state-
ment of the Department of the Interior bureaus and of-
fices funded in this Act.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, 
and grants, $219,641,000, of which $75,000,000 shall be 
available for historical accounting, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds for trust manage-
ment improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 
be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Of-