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Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consoli-
dated 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 of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan 
guarantees 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 Electrification 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, 
$94,998,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$62,132,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels 
management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department 
of the Interior, $1,026,097,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation 
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are 
also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation 
accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such 
purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided $227,000,000 
is for fuels management activities: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided $22,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Pro-
vided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may 
be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds avail-
able from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office 
of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursu-
ant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
expended to provide that protection, and are available without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 
designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments, for fuels management activities, and for training and moni-
toring associated with such fuels management activities on Federal
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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 Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually 
agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition 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 percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 
workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in 
implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written guid-
ance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent applica-
tion of the authorities provided herein: 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. 1531 et 
seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such 
Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland 
fire appropriations to enter into leases of real property with local 
governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized 
improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including 
but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other 
initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance pay-
ments 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 manage-
ment programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided 
for wildfire suppression 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 forestry, wildland fire management, 
and related natural resource activities outside the United States 
and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, 
education 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 provided to meet the terms 
of section 4004(b)(5)(B) and section 4005(e)(2)(A) of S. Con. Res. 
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2022.
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WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire 
Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations, $330,000,000, to 
remain available until transferred, is additional new budget 
authority as specified for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) and section 
4005(e) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2022: Provided, That such amounts 
may be transferred to and merged with amounts made available 
under the headings ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 
Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior— 
Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wild-
fire suppression 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 agency 
to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated within 
30 days: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law: Provided further, That, in determining whether 
all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and prior appropria-
tions Acts to either the Department of Agriculture or the Depart-
ment of the Interior will be obligated within 30 days pursuant 
to the previous proviso, any funds transferred or permitted to 
be transferred pursuant to any other transfer authority provided 
by law shall be excluded. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 
any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, 
including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,036,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior to 
inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to hazardous sub-
stance releases, remediate lands pursuant to section 40704 of Public 
Law 117–58 (135 Stat. 1093), and carry out the purposes of section 
349 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such amount shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts appropriated 
under this heading are available for program management and 
oversight of these activities: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may transfer the funds provided under this heading in this Act
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to any other account in the Department to carry out such purposes, 
and may expend such funds directly, or through grants: Provided 
further, That these amounts are not available to fulfill Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, 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 per-
formed. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department 
of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Com-
prehensive 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., $7,933,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial 
and business management system, information technology improve-
ments of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and 
the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the Depart-
ment, $91,436,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the 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 depreciation 
of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 provided by the National Indian Program Training Center, 
other than training related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related 
facilities, equipment, or professional services of the National Indian 
Program Training Center to State, local and tribal government 
employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, edu-
cational, 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 vicinity of the 
National Indian Program Training Center: Provided 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 Secretary for necessary expenses of the 
National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements 
to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and 
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may