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For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con-
servation 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 authorized to be disbursed under such 
section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 
for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include 
a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral 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 permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; 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(a)(1)) and related purposes as 
authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative 
to the foregoing activities; $1,394,360,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023; of which $84,788,000 shall remain available 
until expended for satellite operations; and of which $74,664,000 
shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance and 
capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem 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 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 coopera-
tion with States and municipalities: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be for 
projects specified for Special Initiatives in the table titled ‘‘Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred 
to the appropriate program, project, or activity under this heading 
and shall continue to only be available for the purposes and in 
such amounts as such funds were originally appropriated. 
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 furnishing of topographic maps 
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys
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when it is administratively determined that such procedures are 
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 
buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
stations, 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 accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments as defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey may 
enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individ-
uals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, with-
out 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 purpose 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 and administering 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 authorized by 
law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 
cooperative agreements, $206,748,000, of which $163,748,000 is to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, and of which 
$43,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by 
the Secretary of the Interior 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 Manage-
ment pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including 
studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 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 2022 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $163,748,000: 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 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related 
to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for
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oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes 
on the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 
and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $171,848,000, 
of which $147,848,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2023, and of which $24,000,000 is to remain available until 
expended, including $3,000,000 for offshore decommissioning activi-
ties: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior 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, including studies, assessments, anal-
ysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2022 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$150,848,000: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 
from amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 is 
permanently rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolu-
tion on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount, $34,000,000, 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 collected in fiscal year 2022, as pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized 
from such inspection fees exceed $34,000,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $34,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2022, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 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 environ-
mental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), 
including the review 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, $15,099,000, which shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability 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 Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95–87, $118,117,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023,
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of which $65,000,000 shall be available for state and tribal regu-
latory grants: 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. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce 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 collections, 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 2022 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $118,117,000. 
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, 
$27,480,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 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 abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must 
be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That 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, $122,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
for grants to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for 
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities 
in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding 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, 
$79,890,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three 
Appalachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs 
to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such 
section, $31,956,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 
three Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest amount 
of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and $10,654,000 shall 
be for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes without regard 
to their status as certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for rec-
lamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in