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and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per-
sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 
expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 
safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), including the 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 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, $122,076,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, of which $65,000,000 shall 
be available for state and tribal regulatory grants: Pro-
vided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the 
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel
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attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement sponsored training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-
sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 
year 2023 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$122,076,000. 
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, $34,142,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 
the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public
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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: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-
ing 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, $135,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In-
dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions described in the report accompanying this 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 Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): 
Provided further, That of such additional amount, 
$88,042,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 
three Appalachian States with the greatest amount of un-
funded needs to meet the priorities described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of such section, $35,218,000 shall be
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distributed in equal amounts to the three Appalachian 
States with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded 
needs to meet such priorities, and $11,740,000 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 reclamation of abandoned mine lands 
and other related activities in accordance with the terms 
and conditions described in the report accompanying this 
Act and shall be used for economic and community devel-
opment in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977: Provided further, That such additional amount shall 
be allocated to States and Indian Tribes within 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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) and the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $2,149,387,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, except as otherwise provided
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herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex-
ceed $78,488,000 shall be for welfare assistance pay-
ments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal dis-
asters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed such cap 
for welfare payments from the amounts provided herein, 
to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af-
fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 
recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo-
cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $67,084,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for housing improvement, road main-
tenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, 
land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settle-
ment Program: Provided further, That any forestry funds 
allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain un-
obligated as of September 30, 2024, may be transferred 
during fiscal year 2025 to an Indian forest land assistance 
account established for the benefit of the holder of the 
funds within the holder’s trust fund account: Provided fur-
ther, That any such unobligated balances not so trans-
ferred shall expire on September 30, 2025: Provided fur-
ther, That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field 
employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uni-
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forms or other identifying articles of clothing for per-
sonnel: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs may accept transfers of funds from United States 
Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other 
funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads 
owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on 
the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 
U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For the acquisition of fractional interests to further 
land consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land 
Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
462), and the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–374), $50,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That any provision of 
the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 
(Public Law 106–462) that requires or otherwise relates 
to application of a lien shall not apply to the acquisitions 
funded herein. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education for fiscal year 2023, such sums as may be nec-
643 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That any funds provided 
for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 
on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 
appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the 
Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for 
the appropriate share of construction costs for space ex-
pansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform im-
plementation: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 
3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 
1749). 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 114–322, and 
116–260, and for implementation of other land and water 
rights settlements, $825,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$13,884,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which $2,680,000 is for administrative expenses, 
as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 
exceed $150,213,551. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
education programs, as authorized by law, including the 
Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 
1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 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.), 
$1,202,676,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2024, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 
federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:
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Provided further, That not to exceed $870,288,000 for 
school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 
other education programs shall become available on July 
1, 2023, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $99,107,000 within and 
only from such amounts made available for school oper-
ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as-
sociated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2023: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 
for the operation of Indian education programs, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi-
tion of lands, and interests in lands; $375,102,000 to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 
ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and
646 
all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 
Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee 
receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 
Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 
the project and commenced construction. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In-
dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro-
grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera-
tion with States and other organizations. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance 
of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 
of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec-
utive Direction and Administrative Services (except Exec-
utive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 
Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 
operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian
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Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act or the 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 or 
the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di-
minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 
that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 
between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s 
ability to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 
schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 
school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 
or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 
in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 
October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission
648 
of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 
grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-
reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-
ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-
able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 
was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 
under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 
in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 
in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-
tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-
riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 
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 sepa-
rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 
not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
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forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 
or State health and safety standards, and the Americans
650 
with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, or other facili-
ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 
the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from 
the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 
forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 
within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In-
dian Education Programs may be used to execute re-
quested adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated 
by an Indian Tribe. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $111,286,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $17,867,000 from
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this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of In-
dian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Pro-
grams’’ accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘De-
partmental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That 
funds made available through contracts or grants obli-
gated during fiscal year 2023, as authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 
provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In-
dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
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posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-
oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 
$500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives 
proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claim-
ant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 
of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision 
of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 
of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a con-
tinuous period of at least 5 years and shall not be required 
to generate periodic statements of performance for the in-
dividual accounts: Provided further, That with respect to 
the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to main-
tain sufficient records to determine the balance of the indi-
vidual accounts, including any accrued interest and in-
come, and such funds shall remain available to the indi-
vidual account holders.
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $147,706,000 (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2024; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation 
payments and unemployment compensation payments as-
sociated with the orderly closure of the United States Bu-
reau of Mines; and of which $14,295,000 for Indian land, 
mineral, and resource valuation activities shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds for Indian 
land, mineral, and resource valuation activities may, as 
needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bu-
reau of Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Education 
Programs’’ accounts and the Office of the Special Trustee 
‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further,
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That funds made available through contracts or grants ob-
ligated during fiscal year 2023, as authorized by the In-
dian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-
tractor or grantee. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2023, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-
ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 
the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 
of local government, then the payment to each local gov-
ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 
individual units of local government to correct for prior 
overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 
no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100.
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INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
lic 
Law 
108–188, 
$121,257,000, 
of 
which: 
(1) 
$111,040,000 shall remain available until expended for 
territorial assistance, including general technical assist-
ance, maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral 
reef initiative and natural resources 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) $10,217,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2024, for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That 
all financial transactions of the territorial and local gov-
ernments herein provided for, including such transactions 
of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by
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such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac-
countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 
United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar-
iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 
further, That the funds for the program of operations and 
maintenance improvement are appropriated to institu-
tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 
of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 
cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on 
the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its 
capital assets: Provided further, That any appropriation 
for disaster 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 grants and necessary expenses, $8,463,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
657 
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
658 and Public Law 108–188: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 is for deposit 
into the Compact Trust Fund of the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands as compensation authorized by Public Law 
108–188 for adverse financial and economic impacts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
658 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$103,190,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $76,870,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and
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rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$1,202,130,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 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-
counts from which funds were previously transferred for 
such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided $304,344,000 is for fuels management activities: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided $22,470,000 
is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That 
persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be fur-
nished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds 
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bu-
reau 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 pro-
vide that protection, and are available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts des-
ignated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or 
cooperative agreements, for fuels management activities, 
and for training and monitoring associated with such fuels
660 
management activities on Federal land, or on adjacent 
non-Federal land for activities that benefit resources on 
Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of imple-
menting any cooperative agreement between the Federal 
Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, 
as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding requirements of the Com-
petition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes 
of fuels management activities, may obtain maximum 
practicable competition among: (1) local private, non-
profit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 
Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 
or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit 
youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other 
entities that will hire or train locally a significant percent-
age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project work-
force to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 
in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 
written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 
and consistent application of the authorities provided here-
in: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading 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.
661 
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 Sec-
retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 
to enter into leases of real property with local govern-
ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capital-
ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop-
erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re-
tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support 
facilities, and to make advance payments for any such 
lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 
of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in 
an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between 
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: 
Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppres-
sion shall be available for support of Federal emergency 
response actions: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for assistance 
to or through the Department of State in connection with 
forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 
assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, shall be available to support for-
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estry, wildland fire management, and related natural re-
source activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States 
and international organizations: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $383,657,000 shall 
be available for wildfire suppression operations, and is pro-
vided to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. 
Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g)(2) 
of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the 
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro-
grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres-
sion operations, $340,000,000, to remain available until 
transferred, is additional new budget authority as speci-
fied for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g) of H. Res. 
1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 8, 2022: Provided, That such 
amounts may be transferred to and merged with amounts
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made available under the headings ‘‘Department of Agri-
culture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ 
and ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro-
grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres-
sion operations in the fiscal year in which such amounts 
are transferred: Provided further, That amounts may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ accounts 
in the Department of Agriculture or the Department of 
the Interior only upon the notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire 
suppression operations funds appropriated under that 
heading in this and prior appropriations Acts to the agen-
cy to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated 
within 30 days: Provided further, That the transfer au-
thority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That, in determining whether all wildfire suppression op-
erations funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ in this and prior appropriations Acts 
to either the Department of Agriculture or the Depart-
ment of the Interior will be obligated within 30 days pur-
suant to the preceding proviso, any funds transferred or 
permitted to be transferred pursuant to any other transfer 
authority provided by law shall be excluded.
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the response action, including associated activities, per-
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $10,064,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond 
to hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant 
to section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), 
and carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 
$45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That amounts appropriated under this heading are avail-
able for program management and oversight of these ac-
tivities: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 
the funds provided under this heading in this Act to any 
other account in the Department to carry out such pur-
poses, and may expend such funds directly, or through 
grants: Provided further, That these amounts are not
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available to fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.) obligations agreed to in settlement or imposed by 
a court, whether for payment of funds or for work to be 
performed. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $8,059,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, data manage-
ment, and information technology improvements of gen-
eral benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the con-
solidation of facilities and operations throughout the De-
partment, $118,746,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the
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funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be 
used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund 
account other than for accrued annual leave and deprecia-
tion of equipment without prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Interior may assess reasonable charges to State, local, 
and tribal government employees for training services pro-
vided by the National Indian Program Training Center, 
other than training related to Public Law 93–638: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may lease or otherwise 
provide space and related facilities, equipment, or profes-
sional services of the National Indian Program Training 
Center to State, local and tribal government employees or 
persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, 
or recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of 
title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for 
similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicin-
ity of the National Indian Program Training Center: Pro-
vided further, That all funds received pursuant to the two 
preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall 
be available until expended, and shall be used by the Sec-
retary for necessary expenses of the National Indian Pro-
gram Training Center: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements
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to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s col-
lection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other min-
eral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $174,977,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024; of which $69,751,000 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 
be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 
with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary of the 
Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 
amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 
prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 
or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or re-
pair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or 
equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall 
be made available under this authority until funds specifi-
cally made available to the Department of the Interior for 
emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, 
That all funds used pursuant to this section must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be 
requested as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may author-
ize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropria-
tion in this title, in addition to the amounts included in 
the budget programs of the several agencies, for the sup-
pression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or 
threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency ac-
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tions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, 
volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contin-
gency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 
and natural resource damage assessment activities related 
to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into 
the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and con-
trol of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 
outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 
pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation 
projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall 
transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office 
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 
funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu-
latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car-
rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 
Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 
wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 
of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 
and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de-
struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con-
nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 
such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-
rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 
further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall
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be made available under this authority until the Secretary 
determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire sup-
pression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 
be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 
must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur-
ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim-
burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 
funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, 
in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and re-
placement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 
law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; pur-
chase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 
residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in so-
cieties or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members.
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AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of 
any funds under this section, including the amount ex-
pended or transferred and how the funds will be used. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10
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percent in fiscal year 2023. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
lands, waters, or interests therein, including the use of all 
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts, or other agreements for the use of such 
facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
may determine reasonable: Provided, That for the pur-
poses of 54 U.S.C. 200306(a), such lands, waters, or in-
terests therein shall be considered to be within the exterior 
boundary of a System unit authorized or established.
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ignated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of 
the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 
with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Sec-
retary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) 
with payment required by the end of the following quarter. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 
wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 
or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 
and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 
at the discretion of the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or
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federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2023, in carrying out work involv-
ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 
or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 
record obligations against accounts receivable from any 
such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-
vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 
of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-
thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 
Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law.
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(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-
ment would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals 
currently employed by the Department, including 
partial displacement through reduction of non-over-
time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services 
Program for a job or function in a case in which a 
Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 
or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
ment; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 
Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education, may transfer funds among and between the 
successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-
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tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-
lines described in this Act. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE 
APPROVAL 
SEC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 
in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En-
forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
prescribes or approves any departure or use of alternate 
procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, 
under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 
550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head 
of such bureau shall post a description of such departure 
or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such 
bureau’s publicly available website not more than 15 busi-
ness days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 
business information. 
LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 
SEC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.— 
On request by the State of Virginia or the District of Co-
lumbia for the purpose of the construction of rail and
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other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project, 
the Secretary of the Interior may convey to the State or 
the District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to any portion of the 
approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land de-
picted as ‘‘Permanent Impact to NPS Land’’ on the Map 
dated May 15, 2020, that is identified by the State or 
the District of Columbia. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of 
the National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall 
be subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary 
may require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used 
for the purposes specified in this section, the lands or in-
terests therein shall revert to the National Park Service 
after they have been restored or remediated to the satis-
faction of the Secretary. 
(c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or 
the District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agree-
ment, may— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 
National Park Service land to be conveyed to the 
State or the District of Columbia under subsection 
(a); and 
(2) correct any minor errors in the Map re-
ferred to in subsection (a).
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long 
Bridge Project’’ means the rail project, as identified 
by the Federal Railroad Administration, from 
Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to 
L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 
which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Virginia. 
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes 
or authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally- 
Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 
297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 
services for performance of any activities carried out 
under such grants to the same extent as if they were con-
tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act. 
DELAWARE WATER GAP AUTHORITY 
SEC. 118. Section 4(b) of The Delaware Water Gap 
National Recreation Area Improvement Act, as amended
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(f) Section 512 of the National Aviation Heritage 
Area Act (title V of division J of Public Law 108–447), 
is amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
(g) Section 608 of the Oil Region National Heritage 
Area Act (title VI of Public Law 108–447) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
(h) Section 125(a) of Public Law 98–398, as amend-
ed by section 402 of Public Law 109–338 (120 Stat. 
1853), is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
STUDY FOR SELMA TO MONTGOMERY NATIONAL HISTORIC 
TRAIL 
SEC. 120. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) shall conduct a study to evaluate— 
(1) resources associated with the 1965 Voting 
Rights March from Selma to Montgomery not cur-
rently part of the Selma to Montgomery National 
Historic Trail (Trail) (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(20)) that 
would be appropriate for addition to the Trail; and 
(2) the potential designation of the Trail as a 
unit of the National Park System instead of, or in 
addition to, remaining a designated part of the Na-
tional Trails System. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
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the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes the results 
of the study and the conclusions and recommendations of 
the study. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is author-
ized, subject to the availability of appropriations and at 
her discretion, to acquire property or interests therein lo-
cated in the city of Selma, Alabama and generally depicted 
on the map entitled, ‘‘Selma to Montgomery NHT Pro-
posed Addition,’’ numbered 628/177376 and dated Sep-
tember 14, 2021, with the consent of the owner, for the 
benefit of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic 
Trail and to further the purpose for which the trail has 
been established. 
APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 
SEC. 121. For fiscal year 2023, funds made available 
in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to 
the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and 
Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary 
of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic 
pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in 
the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 
15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal
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reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty 
programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the 
minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 
higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) 
through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 
ONSHORE OIL AND GAS INSPECTION FEE 
SEC. 122. (a) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS INSPECTION 
FEES.—The designated operator under each oil and gas 
lease on Federal or Indian lands, or under each unit and 
communitization agreement that includes one or more 
such Federal or Indian leases, that is subject to inspection 
under section 108(b) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1718(b)) and that 
is in force at the start of fiscal year 2022 shall pay a non-
refundable annual inspection fee that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) shall collect and deposit in the ‘‘Man-
agement of Lands and Resources’’ account. 
(b) FEES.—Fees for fiscal year 2023 shall be— 
(1) 
$1,560 
for 
each 
lease 
or 
unit 
or 
communitization agreement with 1 to 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; 
(2) 
$7,000 
for 
each 
lease 
or 
unit 
or 
communitization agreement with 11 to 50 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; and
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(3) $14,000 for each lease or unit or 
communitization agreement with more than 50 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells. 
(c) BILLING AND PAYMENT.—BLM shall bill des-
ignated operators not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, with payment required within 
30 days of billing. 
(d) PENALTY.—If the designated operator fails to 
pay the full amount of the fee as prescribed in this section, 
the Secretary may, in addition to utilizing any other appli-
cable enforcement authority, assess civil penalties against 
the operator in the same manner as if this section were 
a mineral leasing law as defined in paragraph (8) of sec-
tion 3 of Public Law 97–451 (30 U.S.C 1702(8)), as 
amended. 
(e) EXEMPTION FOR TRIBAL OPERATORS.—An oper-
ator that is a Tribe or is controlled by a Tribe is not sub-
ject to subsection (a) with respect to a lease, unit, or 
communitization agreement that is located entirely on the 
lands of such Tribe. 
DECOMMISSIONING ACCOUNT 
SEC. 123. (a) Effective upon the later of October 1, 
2022, or the date of enactment of this Act, the fifth and 
sixth provisos under the amended heading ‘‘Royalty and 
Offshore Minerals Management’’ for the Minerals Man-
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agement Service in Public Law 101–512 shall hereafter 
have no force or effect. 
(b) Beginning on the later of October 1, 2022, or the 
date of enactment of this Act, and in each fiscal year here-
after— 
(1) Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
any moneys hereafter received as a result of the for-
feiture of a bond or other security by an Outer Con-
tinental Shelf permittee, lessee, or right-of-way hold-
er that does not fulfill the requirements of its per-
mit, lease, or right-of-way or does not comply with 
the regulations of the Secretary, or as a bankruptcy 
distribution or settlement associated with such fail-
ure or noncompliance, shall be credited to a separate 
account established in the Treasury for decommis-
sioning activities and shall be available to the Bu-
reau of Ocean Energy Management without further 
appropriation or fiscal year limitation to cover the 
cost to the United States of any improvement, pro-
tection, rehabilitation, or decommissioning work ren-
dered necessary by the action or inaction that led to 
the forfeiture or bankruptcy distribution or settle-
ment, to remain available until expended. 
(2) Amounts deposited into the decommis-
sioning account may be allocated to the Bureau of
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Safety and Environmental Enforcement for such 
costs. 
(3) Any moneys received for such costs cur-
rently held in the Ocean Energy Management ac-
count shall be transferred to the decommissioning 
account. 
(4) Any portion of the moneys so credited shall 
be returned to the bankruptcy estate, permittee, les-
see, or right-of-way holder to the extent that the 
money is in excess of the amount expended in per-
forming the work necessitated by the action or inac-
tion which led to their receipt or, if the bond or se-
curity was forfeited for failure to pay the civil pen-
alty, in excess of the civil penalty imposed. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE TO STATES 
SEC. 124. For expenses necessary to carry out section 
200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 
Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conserva-
tion Grants program to provide to States, the District of 
Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to sup-
port state program administrative costs.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
SEC. 125. (a) H.R. 6707 as introduced in the 117th 
Congress (Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act) 
is hereby enacted into law. 
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 
United States Statutes at large pursuant to section 112 
of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 
States shall include after the date of approval at the end 
an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the 
bill referred to in subsection (a). 
INDIAN RESERVATION GAMING REGULATIONS 
SEC. 126. The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama 
and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act 
(Public Law 100—89; 101 Stat. 666) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 301 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude 
or limit the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).’’. 
INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT 
SEC. 127. (a) MODIFICATION.—(1) IN GENERAL.— 
The first sentence of section 19 of the Act of June 18, 
1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization 
Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5129), is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting ‘‘Effective 
beginning on June 18, 1934, the term’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘any recognized Indian tribe now 
under Federal jurisdiction’’ and inserting ‘‘any federally 
recognized Indian tribe’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the Act 
of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reor-
ganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5129), on the date of enact-
ment of that Act. 
(b) RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF AC-
TIONS.—Any action taken by the Secretary of the Interior 
pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.) for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized 
on the date of the action is ratified and confirmed, to the 
extent such action is subjected to challenge based on 
whether the Indian tribe was federally recognized or under 
Federal jurisdiction on June 18, 1934, as if the action 
had, by prior act of Congress, been specifically authorized 
and directed. 
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—(1) IN GENERAL.— 
Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this 
section affects—
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(A) the application or effect of any Federal law other 
than the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) 
(as amended by subsection (a)); or 
(B) any limitation on the authority of the Secretary 
of the Interior under any Federal law or regulation other 
than the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) 
(as so amended). 
(2) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—An express ref-
erence to the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.) contained in any other Federal law shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to that Act as amended by sub-
section (a). 
LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK 
SEC. 128. Section 103(a) of Public Law 95–290 (16 
U.S.C. 410cc–13; 92 Stat. 292) is amended by striking 
paragraph (1) and redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (1). 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
to conduct or authorize oil and gas preleasing, leasing, or 
related activities, including but not limited to the issuance 
of permits for geological and geophysical exploration, in 
any planning area where the 2017-2022 Outer Continental
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Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (No-
vember 2016) did not schedule leases. 
(b) The restrictions under subsection (a) apply to the 
formal steps identified by the Department of the Interior 
and the enabling steps prior to leasing, including the 
issuance of permits for geological and geophysical explo-
ration. 
TRIBAL CANNABIS 
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
to the Department of Justice or its agencies or bureaus 
or the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, Office of Justice Services, including those agency 
funds distributed to any Indian tribe (as such term is de-
fined in the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act 
of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130(2))) via the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. § 
5301, et. seq.), may be used to enforce federal laws crim-
inalizing the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
marijuana against any person engaged in the use, dis-
tribution, possession, or cultivation of marijuana in Indian 
country (as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 1151), where tribal 
laws authorize such use, distribution, possession, or cul-
tivation of marijuana, subject to the following: 
(1) unless federal law subjects the Indian lands 
(as such term is defined in the Indian Gaming Reg-
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ulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(4)) to the civil and 
criminal laws of the state and the tribal laws author-
izing the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation 
of marijuana do not comply therewith or the Indian 
lands are not in a state that has legalized marijuana 
for any purpose; and 
(2) provided the governing Indian tribe (Feder-
ally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act) takes reason-
able measures under tribal marijuana laws to ensure 
that marijuana is prohibited for minors; marijuana 
is not diverted to states or tribes where marijuana 
is prohibited by state or tribal law; marijuana is not 
used as a means for trafficking other illegal drugs 
or used to support organized crime activity; and 
marijuana is not permitted on Federal public lands. 
VISITOR EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 131. Section 101938 of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’. 
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 
SEC. 132. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, shall 
prepare an environmental impact statement under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.), prior to approving an operations permit, as de-
scribed in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subpart B
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§§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or pro-
posing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within 
the Big Cypress National Preserve. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and 
development, $872,743,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (in-
creased by $2,000,000), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for Research: 
National Priorities as specified in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
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ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 
2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $3,792,315,000 (reduced by 
$80,000,000) (increased by $80,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $27,700,000 
shall be for Environmental Protection: National Priorities 
as specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $679,938,000 shall be for Geographic Programs 
specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading 
may be used for environmental justice implementation and 
training grants, and associated program support costs. 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduc-
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tion program project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, 
excluding the amount of any fees appropriated, not less 
than the amount of appropriations for that program 
project for fiscal year 2014. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $55,865,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$80,570,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,313,638,000, 
to remain available until expended, consisting of, in the 
following order, amounts made available for fiscal year 
2023 pursuant to section 613 of Public Law 117–58; to 
the extent necessary, such sums as are available in the
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Trust Fund on September 30, 2022, and not otherwise 
appropriated from the Trust Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor-
ization Act of 1986 (SARA); and to the extent necessary, 
up to $1,313,638,000 as a payment from general revenues 
to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as 
authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 
to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 
111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $12,111,000 shall be 
paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
$31,391,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Tech-
nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2024. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $93,814,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $67,145,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $26,669,000 shall be for car-
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rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft, $26,502,000, to be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$5,177,332,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $1,751,646,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
(increased by $1,000,000) shall be for making cap-
italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolv-
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ing Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act; and of which $1,126,096,000 
shall be for making capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec-
tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, 
That $553,401,264 of the funds made available for 
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Re-
volving Funds and $381,263,499 of the funds made 
available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the con-
struction of drinking water, wastewater, and storm 
water infrastructure and for water quality protection 
in accordance with the terms and conditions speci-
fied for such grants in the report accompanying this 
Act for projects specified for ‘‘STAG—Drinking 
Water SRF’’ and ‘‘STAG—Clean Water SRF’’, in 
the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorpo-
ration of Community Project Funding Items’’ in-
cluded in the report accompanying this Act, and, for 
purposes of these grants, each grantee shall con-
tribute not less than 20 percent of the cost of the 
project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver 
by the Agency: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
project applications and projects are consistent with
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State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy effi-
ciency improvements, or other environmentally inno-
vative activities: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to use up to $1,500,000 of 
amounts made available for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds under this heading under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the Clean Watersheds 
Needs Survey: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, amounts made available under this title to 
each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of 
each State, be used for projects to address green in-
frastructure, water or energy efficiency improve-
ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
amounts included as principal in loans made by such
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fund in fiscal year 2023 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, 
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 
(h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 
also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-
tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants
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under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 
for grants for training, technical assistance, and 
educational programs relating to the operation and 
management of the treatment works specified in sec-
tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2023, funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2023, notwith-
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standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-
ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 
section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding the amounts 
specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-
gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the
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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public
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health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall 
reserve $12,000,000 of amounts made available 
under this paragraph for making capitalization 
grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregu-
lated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of 
such Act during fiscal years 2023 through 2027; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
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ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
(3) $40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or
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the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
(4) $130,982,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 
assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 
the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 
the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any 
territory or possession of the United States; 
(5) $150,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $100,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4
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(in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act); 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322); 
(8) $42,593,000 shall be for grants under sub-
sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 
(9) $36,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 
(10) $51,011,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19b); 
(11) $6,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
(12) $33,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 
(13) $280,000,000 shall be for grants under 
section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301);
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(14) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); 
(15) $10,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–1(b)); 
(16) $10,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19g); 
(17) $5,000,000, in addition to amounts other-
wise available, shall be for grants under sections 
104(b)(3), 104(b)(8), and 104(g) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(3), 
1254(b)(8) and 1254(g)); 
(18) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 224 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1302b); 
(19) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 226 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1302d); 
(20) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 50213 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 10361; Public Law 117–58);
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(21) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 117–58); 
(22) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 50217(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(c); Public Law 117–58); 
(23) $10,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1300); 
(24) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1276); and 
(25) $1,321,004,000 shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
erally recognized Tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement, and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, and under section 
2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist
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States in developing and implementing programs for 
control of coal combustion residuals, of which: 
$46,954,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $15,000,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,505,000 shall be 
for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds 
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs; and $10,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 
2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4283(a)), of which not more 
than 2 percent shall be for administrative costs to 
carry out such section: Provided, That grants made 
pursuant to the authority in such section 302(a) 
may also be used for the construction, maintenance,
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and operation of post consumer materials manage-
ment or recycling facilities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding such section 302(a), the Adminis-
trator may also provide grants pursuant to such au-
thority to intertribal consortia consistent with the 
requirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former In-
dian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior), and Alaska Native Vil-
lages as defined in Public Law 92–203). 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $72,108,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of 
direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for