H. R. 1977
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five
An Act
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, 1996,
and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, devel-
opment, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of
easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law,
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdic-
tion 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)),
$568,062,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$2,000,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral potential
of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law
96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150), and of which not more than $599,999
shall be available to the Needles Resources Area for the manage-
ment of the East Mojave National Scenic Area, as defined by the
Bureau of Land Management prior to October 1, 1994, in the
California Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,
and of which $4,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt
account established by section 4 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): 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 contractors; and in addition, $27,650,000
for Mining Law Administration program operations, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the
Bureau of Land Management and credited to this appropriation
from annual mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropria-
tion estimated at not more than $568,062,000: Provided further,
That in addition to funds otherwise available, and to remain avail-
able until expended, not to exceed $5,000,000 from annual mining
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claim fees shall be credited to this account for the costs of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, and $2,000,000 from commu-
nication site rental fees established by the Bureau.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire use and management, fire
preparedness, emergency presuppression, suppression operations,
emergency rehabilitation, and renovation or construction of fire
facilities in the Department of the Interior, $235,924,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $5,025,000, shall
be available for the renovation or construction of fire facilities:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons
hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence
and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such funds are also available for repay-
ment of advances to other appropriation accounts from which funds
were previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further,
That unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to
the Fire Protection and Emergency Department of the Interior
Firefighting Fund may be transferred or merged with this appro-
priation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For expenses necessary for use by the Department of the
Interior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the
remedial action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste
substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended: 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 activities con-
ducted by the Department pursuant to sections 107 or 113(f) of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9607 or 9613(f)), shall be
credited to this account and shall be available without further
appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That such sums recovered from or paid by any party are
not limited to monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds
or other personal or real property, which may be retained, liq-
uidated, or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior
and which shall be credited to this account.
CONSTRUCTION AND ACCESS
For acquisition of lands and interests therein, and construction
of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, and appurtenant
facilities, $3,115,000, to remain available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20,
1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–07), $101,500,000, of which
not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses.
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LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of sections
205, 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579 including administrative
expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein,
$12,800,000 to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund, to remain available until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and devel-
opment of resources and for construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on
the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other
Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties
of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands
or interests therein including existing connecting roads on or adja-
cent to such grant lands; $93,379,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That 25 per centum 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 provi-
sions of the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the
Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and
interests therein, and improvement of Federal 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 per centum 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
improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior
pursuant to law, but not less than $9,113,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, 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 process-
ing application documents and other authorizations for use and
disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies
of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use
authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such
amounts as may be collected under sections 209(b), 304(a), 304(b),
305(a), and 504(g) of the Act approved October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1701), and sections 101 and 203 of Public Law 93–153, to be
immediately available until expended: Provided, That notwithstand-
ing any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) of the Act
of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have
been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a
result of forfeiture, compromise, or 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
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this or subsequent appropriations Acts by the Secretary to improve,
protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered 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 forfeiture, compromise, or settlement are used on
the exact lands damage to which led to the forfeiture, compromise,
or settlement: Provided further, That such moneys are in excess
of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which
collected.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under exist-
ing law, 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 administra-
tive costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances
of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available
until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings
and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title;
up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary,
for information or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management; miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C.
501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partner-
ship arrangements authorized by law, procure 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.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies,
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and utiliza-
tion of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and
sea lions, and for the performance of other authorized functions
related to such resources; for the general administration of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and for maintenance of
the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife
Refuge; 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 August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408,
$497,943,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 1997, of which $11,557,000 shall be available until expended
for operation and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities con-
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structed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower Snake River
Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2921), to compensate for loss of fishery
resources from water development projects on the Lower Snake
River: Provided, That unobligated and unexpended balances in the
Resource Management account at the end of fiscal year 1995, shall
be merged with and made a part of the fiscal year 1996 Resource
Management appropriation, and shall remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 1997: Provided further, That no monies
appropriated under this Act or any other law shall be used to
implement subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), (g), or (i) of section 4 of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533), until such
time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted or until the
end of fiscal year 1996, whichever is earlier, except that monies
appropriated under this Act may be used to delist or reclassify
species pursuant to subsections 4(a)(2)(B), 4(c)(2)(B)(i), and
4(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities
required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection,
and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition
of lands and interests therein; $37,655,000, to remain available
until expended.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.), the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and the Act of
July 27, 1990 (Public Law 101–337); $4,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That sums provided by any party in
fiscal year 1996 and thereafter are not limited to monetary pay-
ments and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated or otherwise disposed
of by the Secretary and such sums or properties shall be utilized
for the restoration of injured resources, and to conduct new damage
assessment activities.
LAND ACQUISITION
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 administrative expenses, and for acquisition
of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory
authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
$36,900,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund, to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543), as amended
by Public Law 100–478, $8,085,000 for grants to States, to be
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derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation
Fund, and to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
REWARDS AND OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Afri-
can Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213,
4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), $600,000, to remain available
until expended.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North
American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101–233,
$6,750,000, to remain available until expended.
LAHONTAN VALLEY AND PYRAMID LAKE FISH AND WILDLIFE FUND
For carrying out section 206(f) of Public Law 101–618, such
sums as have previously been credited or may be credited hereafter
to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund,
to be available until expended without further appropriation.
RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION FUND
For deposit to the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund,
$200,000, to remain available until expended, to be available to
carry out the provisions of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–391).
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund,
$800,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed
113 passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $400,000 for payment,
at the discretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or
evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and miscellaneous and emergency
expenses of enforcement 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 reservation 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 con-
servation areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and
the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other
facilities 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 management and
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investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That notwith-
standing 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative cost
sharing and partnership 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 meeting accepted quality
standards: Provided further, That the United States Fish and Wild-
life 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 Wildlife Refuge System unless the purchase is approved
in advance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures contained in
House Report 103–551: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available in this Act may be used by the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service to impede or delay the issuance of a wetlands
permit by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to the City of Lake
Jackson, Texas, for the development of a public golf course west
of Buffalo Camp Bayou between the Brazos River and Highway
332: Provided further, That the Director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service may charge reasonable fees for expenses to the Federal
Government for providing training by the National Education and
Training Center: Provided further, That all training fees collected
shall be available to the Director, until expended, without further
appropriation, to be used for the costs of training and education
provided by the National Education and Training Center: Provided
further, That with respect to lands leased for farming pursuant
to Public Law 88–567, if for any reason the Secretary disapproves
for use in 1996 or does not finally approve for use in 1996 any
pesticide or chemical which was approved for use in 1995 or had
been requested for use in 1996 by the submission of a pesticide
use proposal as of September 19, 1995, none of the funds in this
Act may be used to develop, implement, or enforce regulations
or policies (including pesticide use proposals) related to the use
of chemicals and pest management that are more restrictive than
the requirements of applicable State and Federal laws related to
the use of chemicals and pest management practices on non-Federal
lands.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National
Park Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administra-
tion of the National 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 August 13, 1970, as amended by Public
Law 93–408, $1,083,151,000, 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
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from the special fee account established pursuant to title V, section
5201, of Public Law 100–203, and of which not more than $500,000
shall be available for development of the National Park Service’s
management plan for the Mojave National Preserve: Provided, That
these funds shall be strictly limited to the development activities
for the Preserve’s management plan.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natu-
ral programs, cultural programs, environmental compliance and
review, international park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for
other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided
for, $37,649,000: Provided, That $236,000 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), $36,212,000, to be derived from the Historic Preserva-
tion Fund, established by section 108 of that Act, as amended,
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, $143,225,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $4,500,000 of the funds provided
herein shall be paid to the Army Corps of Engineers for modifica-
tions authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989: Provided further, That funds
provided under this head, derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, established by the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80
Stat. 915), as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), may be available until
expended to render sites safe for visitors and for building stabiliza-
tion.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1996 by 16
U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
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 administrative expenses, and for acquisition
of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory
authority applicable to the National Park Service, $49,100,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to
remain available until expended, and of which $1,500,000 is to
administer the State assistance program: Provided, That any funds
made available for the purpose of acquisition of the Elwha and
Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisition, and shall not
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be expended until the full purchase amount has been appropriated
by the Congress.
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 appropriated to the National Park Service
may be used to process any grant or contract documents which
do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may
be used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been submit-
ted 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 Congress is not in session because of adjournment
of more than three 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 cir-
cumstances relied upon in support of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the United
Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may enter into cooperative agree-
ments that involve the transfer of National Park Service appro-
priated funds to State, local and tribal governments, other public
entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organiza-
tions for the public purpose of carrying out National Park Service
programs.
The National Park Service shall, within existing funds, conduct
a Feasibility Study for a northern access route into Denali National
Park and Preserve in Alaska, to be completed within one year
of the enactment of this Act and submitted to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations and to the Senate Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on
Resources. The Feasibility Study shall ensure that resource impacts
from any plan to create such access route are evaluated with
accurate information and according to a process that takes into
consideration park values, visitor needs, a full range of alternatives,
the viewpoints of all interested parties, including the tourism indus-
try and the State of Alaska, and potential needs for compliance
with the National Environmental Policy Act. The Study shall also
address the time required for development of alternatives and iden-
tify all associated costs.
This Feasibility Study shall be conducted solely by the National
Park Service planning personnel permanently assigned to National
Park Service offices located in the State of Alaska in consultation
with the State of Alaska Department of Transportation.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
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raphy, geology, hydrology, and the mineral and water resources
of the United States, its Territories and possessions, and other
areas as authorized by law (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); and publish and disseminate 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;
$730,503,000, of which $62,130,000 shall be available for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources investigations,
and of which $137,000,000 for resource research and the operations
of Cooperative Research Units shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1997, and of which $16,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for conducting inquiries into the economic conditions
affecting mining and materials processing industries: Provided,
That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more
than one-half the cost of any topographic mapping or water
resources investigations carried on in cooperation with any State
or municipality: Provided further, That funds available herein for
resource research may be used for the purchase of not to exceed
61 passenger motor vehicles, of which 55 are for replacement only:
Provided further, That none of the funds available under this head
for resource research shall be used to conduct new surveys on
private property, including new aerial surveys for the designation
of habitat under the Endangered Species Act, except when it is
made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that the survey or research has been requested
and authorized in writing by the property owner or the owner’s
authorized representative: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided herein for resource research may be used to administer
a volunteer program when it is made known to the Federal official
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the volun-
teers are not properly trained or that information gathered by
the volunteers is not carefully verified: Provided further, That no
later than April 1, 1996, the Director of the United States Geological
Survey shall issue agency guidelines for resource research that
ensure that scientific and technical peer review is utilized as fully
as possible in selection of projects for funding and ensure the
validity and reliability of research and data collection on Federal
lands: Provided further, That no funds available for resource
research may be used for any activity that was not authorized
prior to the establishment of the National Biological Survey: Pro-
vided further, That once every five years the National Academy
of Sciences shall review and report on the resource research activi-
ties of the Survey: Provided further, That if specific authorizing
legislation is enacted during or before the start of fiscal year 1996,
the resource research component of the Survey should comply with
the provisions of that legislation: Provided further, That unobligated
and unexpended balances in the National Biological Survey,
Research, inventories and surveys account at the end of fiscal
year 1995, shall be merged with and made a part of the United
States Geological Survey, Surveys, investigations, and research
account and shall remain available for obligation until September
30, 1996: Provided further, That the authority granted to the United
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States Bureau of Mines to conduct mineral surveys and to determine
mineral values by section 603 of Public Law 94–579 is hereby
transferred to, and vested in, the Director of the United States
Geological Survey.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geological Sur-
vey shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 22 passenger
motor vehicles, for replacement only; reimbursement to the General
Services Administration for security guard services; contracting for
the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively
determined that such procedures are in the public interest; construc-
tion and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facili-
ties; 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 United States Geological Survey appointed, as author-
ized by law, to represent the United States in the negotiation
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities
funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined
in 31 U.S.C. 6302, et seq.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties,
as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable
to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and operat-
ing contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements;
including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only; $182,994,000, of which not less than
$70,105,000 shall be available for royalty management activities;
and an amount not to exceed $15,400,000 for the Technical Informa-
tion Management System and Related Activities of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf (OCS) Lands Activity, to be credited to this appropria-
tion 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 OCS administrative
activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over and
above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from additional
fees for OCS administrative activities established after September
30, 1993: Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and there-
after, fees for royalty rate relief applications shall be established
(and revised as needed) in Notices to Lessees, and shall be credited
to this account in the program areas performing the function, and
remain available until expended for the costs of administering the
royalty rate relief authorized by 43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3): Provided
further, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain
available until September 30, 1997: 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
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup
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activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, $15,000 under this head shall be available for refunds
of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which
the Director of the Minerals Management Service concurred with
the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees
or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments:
Provided further, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and thereafter,
the Secretary shall take appropriate action to collect unpaid and
underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by Federal
and Indian mineral lessees and other royalty payors on amounts
received in settlement or other resolution of disputes under, and
for partial or complete termination of, sales agreements for minerals
from Federal and Indian leases.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of title I,
section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,440,000,
which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund,
to remain available until expended.
BUREAU OF MINES
MINES AND MINERALS
For expenses necessary for, and incidental to, the closure of
the United States Bureau of Mines, $64,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used
for the completion and/or transfer of certain ongoing projects within
the United States Bureau of Mines, such projects to be identified
by the Secretary of the Interior within 90 days of enactment of
this Act: Provided, That there hereby are transferred to, and vested
in, the Secretary of Energy: (1) the functions pertaining to the
promotion of health and safety in mines and the mineral industry
through research vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior
or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal
year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its Pittsburgh
Research Center in Pennsylvania, and at its Spokane Research
Center in Washington; (2) the functions pertaining to the conduct
of inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning
the extraction, processing, use and disposal of mineral substances
vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior or the United States
Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal year 1995 by the United
States Bureau of Mines under the minerals and materials science
programs at its Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania, and
at its Albany Research Center in Oregon; and (3) the functions
pertaining to mineral reclamation industries and the development
of methods for the disposal, control, prevention, and reclamation
of mineral waste products vested by law in the Secretary of the
Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in
fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its
Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania: Provided further,
That, if any of the same functions were performed in fiscal year
1995 at locations other than those listed above, such functions
shall not be transferred to the Secretary of Energy from those
other locations: Provided further, That the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary
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of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to make
such determinations as may be necessary with regard to the transfer
of functions which relate to or are used by the Department of
the Interior, or component thereof affected by this transfer of func-
tions, and to make such dispositions of personnel, facilities, assets,
liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances
of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds held,
used, arising from, available to or to be made available in connection
with, the functions transferred herein as are deemed necessary
to accomplish the purposes of this transfer: Provided further, That
all reductions in personnel complements resulting from the provi-
sions of this Act shall, as to the functions transferred to the Sec-
retary of Energy, be done by the Secretary of the Interior as
though these transfers had not taken place but had been required
of the Department of the Interior by all other provisions of this
Act before the transfers of function became effective: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfers of function to the Secretary of Energy
shall become effective on the date specified by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, but in no event later than
90 days after enactment into law of this Act: Provided further,
That the reference to ‘‘function’’ includes, but is not limited to,
any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi-
lege, and activity, or the plural thereof, as the case may be.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equip-
ment, other contributions, and fees from public and private sources,
and to prosecute projects using such contributions and fees in
cooperation with other Federal, State or private agencies: Provided,
That the Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal
year, to sell directly or through any Government agency, including
corporations, any metal or mineral products that may be manufac-
tured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and the
proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to convey, without
reimbursement, title and all interest of the United States in prop-
erty and facilities of the United States Bureau of Mines in Juneau,
Alaska, to the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska; in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, to the University of Alabama; in Rolla, Missouri, to the
University of Missouri-Rolla; and in other localities to such univer-
sity or government entities as the Secretary deems appropriate.
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, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 15
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $95,470,000, and
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be
credited to this account, to remain available until expended, from
performance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1996: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the
Interior, pursuant to regulations, may utilize directly or through
grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 1996 pursuant
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to the assessment of civil penalties under section 518 of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268),
to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices after
August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropria-
tions 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.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 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 
passenger 
motor 
vehicles 
for 
replacement 
only,
$173,887,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine
Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That grants to minimum program States will be $1,500,000
per State in fiscal year 1996: 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 centum shall be used
for emergency reclamation projects in any one State and funds
for Federally-administered emergency reclamation projects under
this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That
prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency rec-
lamation program shall not be subject to the 25 per centum limita-
tion 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 utilize
up to 20 per centum 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
to States under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used, at
their discretion, 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 prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants including
expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services for
Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other
organizations, including payment of care, tuition, assistance, and
other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, or institutions, or
schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance
of law and order; management, development, improvement, and
protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdic-
tion of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of irrigation
assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; advances
for Indian industrial and business enterprises; operation of Indian
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arts and crafts shops and museums; development of Indian arts
and crafts, as authorized by law; for the general administration
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field
offices; maintaining of Indian reservation roads as defined in section
101 of title 23, United States Code; and construction, repair, and
improvement of Indian housing, $1,384,434,000, of which not to
exceed $100,255,000 shall be for welfare assistance grants and
not to exceed $104,626,000 shall be for payments to tribes and
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated with
ongoing contracts or grants or compacts entered into with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs prior to fiscal year 1996, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and
up to $5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determination Fund,
which shall be available for the transitional cost of initial or
expanded tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agree-
ments with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions
of the Indian Self-Determination Act; and of which not to exceed
$330,711,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools
and other education programs shall become available for obligation
on July 1, 1996, and shall remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1997; and of which not to exceed $68,209,000 for
higher education scholarships, adult vocational training, and assist-
ance to public schools under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat.
596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), shall remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1997; and of which not to exceed
$71,854,000 shall remain available until expended for housing
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support,
self-governance grants, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, and
the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That tribes and
tribal contractors may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet
indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants or compact agreements:
Provided further, That funds made available to tribes and tribal
organizations through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal
year 1996, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act
of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), or grants authorized
by the Indian Education Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001
and 2008A) shall remain available until expended by the contractor
or grantee: Provided further, That to provide funding uniformity
within a Self-Governance Compact, any funds provided in this
Act with availability for more than one year may be reprogrammed
to one year availability but shall remain available within the Com-
pact until expended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, Indian tribal governments may, by appro-
priate changes in eligibility criteria or by other means, change
eligibility for general assistance or change the amount of general
assistance payments for individuals within the service area of such
tribe who are otherwise deemed eligible for general assistance pay-
ments so long as such changes are applied in a consistent manner
to individuals similarly situated: Provided further, That any savings
realized by such changes shall be available for use 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 exclu-
sively from funds available to the tribe from within its tribal priority
allocation: 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
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and Cultural
Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $21,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1997.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant
or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C.
1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official
reception and representation expenses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commis-
sion of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $834,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190
(99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $6,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, $2,500,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital
Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,090,000: Provided, That all
appointed members will be compensated at a rate not to exceed
the rate for Executive Schedule Level IV.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memo-
rial Commission, established by the Act of August 11, 1955 (69
Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law 92–332 (86 Stat. 401),
$147,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997.