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to be available to carry out the provisions of the Rhinoc-
eros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (P.L. 103–391).
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appre-
ciation Fund, $998,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be available for carrying out the Partnerships
for Wildlife Act only to the extent such funds are matched
as provided in section 7105 of said Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 54 passenger motor vehicles, none
of which are for police-type use; not to exceed $400,000
for payment, at the discretion of the Secretary, for infor-
mation, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws
administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforce-
ment activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary
and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; repair
of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reserva-
tion areas caused by operations of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service; options for the purchase of land at
not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such
public recreational uses on conservation areas as are con-
sistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance
and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities
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under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service and to which the United States has title, and
which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with man-
agement and investigation of fish and wildlife resources:
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
ed quality standards: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this
Act for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be
used in the establishment of any new unit of the National
Wildlife Refuge System unless the purchase is approved
in advance by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations in compliance with the reprogramming proce-
dures contained in House Report 103–551: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available in this Act
may be used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to im-
pede or delay the issuance of a wetlands permit by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the City of Lake Jack-
son, Texas, for the development of a public golf course
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west of Buffalo Camp Bayou between the Brazos River
and Highway 332.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not to exceed $1,593,000
for the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than
$1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of
the approved budget which shall be carried out by the
Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of Au-
gust 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408,
$1,088,249,000, without regard to the Act of August 24,
1912, as amended (16 U.S.C. 451), of which not to exceed
$72,000,000, to remain available until expended is to be
derived from the special fee account established pursuant
to title V, section 5201, of Public Law 100–203, and of
which not more than $1 shall be available for activies of
the National Park Service at the Mojave National Pre-
serve.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, environ-
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mental compliance and review, international park affairs,
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant
administration, not otherwise provided for, $35,725,000:
Provided, That $248,000 of the funds provided herein are
for the William O. Douglas Outdoor Education Center,
subject to authorization.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915),
as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), $37,934,000, to be derived
from the Historic Preservation Fund, established by sec-
tion 108 of that Act, as amended, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 1997.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, $114,868,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed
$6,000,000 shall be paid to the Army Corps of Engineers
for modifications authorized by section 104 of the Ever-
glades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of
1989.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1996
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
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LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administra-
tive expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or
interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority
applicable to the National Park Service, $14,300,000, to
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended, of which $4,800,000
is provided for Federal assistance to the State of Florida
pursuant to Public Law 103–219, and of which
$1,500,000 is to administer the State assistance program.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 518 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 323 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 411 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 5 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.
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in meeting other priorities of the tribes: Provided further,
That any net increase in costs to the Federal Government
which result solely from tribally increased payment levels
for general assistance shall be met exclusively from funds
available to the tribe from within its tribal priority alloca-
tion: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated
to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30,
1996, may be transferred during fiscal year 1997 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, 1997: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to
public schools under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat.
596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), shall be avail-
able to support the operation of any elementary or second-
ary school in the State of Alaska in fiscal year 1996: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available in this or any
other Act for expenditure through September 30, 1997 for
schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be
available only to the schools which are in the Bureau of
Indian Affairs school system as of September 1, 1995:
Provided further, That no funds available to the Bureau
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of Indian Affairs shall be used to support expanded grades
for any school beyond the grade structure in place at each
school in the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system as
of October 1, 1995: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing the provisions of 25 U.S.C. 2011(h)(1)(B) and (c),
upon the recommendation of a local school board for a
Bureau of Indian Affairs operated school, the Secretary
shall establish rates of basic compensation or annual sal-
ary rates for the positions of teachers and counselors (in-
cluding dormitory and homeliving counselors) at the school
at a level not less than that for comparable positions in
public school districts in the same geographic area.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, major repair, and improvement of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and
other facilities, including architectural and engineering
services by contract; acquisition of lands and interests in
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, $98,033,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
amounts as may be available for the construction of the
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project and for other water re-
source development activities related to the Southern Ari-
zona Water Rights Settlement Act may be transferred to
the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That not to
exceed 6 per centum of contract authority available to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust
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Fund may be used to cover the road program management
costs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: 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
non-reimbursable basis: Provided further, That for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 1996, 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 Ad-
ministrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles
for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as
the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such
grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR;
the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and deter-
mine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed:
Provided further, That in considering applications, the
Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal
organization would be deficient in assuring that the con-
struction 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
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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
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,
$75,145,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$73,100,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 87–483, 97–293, 101–618, 102–374, 102–
441, 102–575, and 103–116, and for implementation of
other enacted water rights settlements, including not to
exceed $8,000,000, which shall be for the Federal share
of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims
Settlement, as authorized by section 5(a) of Public Law
103–116; and of which $1,045,000 shall be available pur-
suant to Public Laws 98–500, 99–264, and 100–580; and
of which $1,000,000 shall be available (1) to liquidate obli-
gations owed tribal and individual Indian payees of any
checks canceled pursuant to section 1003 of the Competi-
tive Equality Banking Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–86
(101 Stat. 659)), 31 U.S.C. 3334(b), (2) to restore to In-
dividual Indian Monies trust funds, Indian Irrigation Sys-
tems, and Indian Power Systems accounts amounts in-
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vested in credit unions or defaulted savings and loan asso-
ciations and which were not Federally insured, and (3)
to reimburse Indian trust fund account holders for losses
to their respective accounts where the claim for said
loss(es) has been reduced to a judgment or settlement
agreement approved by the Department of Justice.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall
be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not
to exceed 275 passenger carrying motor vehicles, of which
not to exceed 215 shall be for replacement only.
TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$52,405,000, to remain available until expended for 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): Provided, That all finan-