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and performing 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 indirect 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 administrative cost funds to such grantee using the 
section 5(f) distribution formula. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the Department 
of the Interior, including the collection and disbursement of royal-
ties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, and for grants and 
cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $264,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015; of which not to exceed 
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses; 
and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers com-
pensation payments and unemployment compensation payments 
associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau 
of Mines; and of which $12,168,000 for the Office of Valuation 
Services is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and shall remain available until expended; and of which 
$38,300,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose 
of mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That, for fiscal 
year 2014, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by the 
Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907) may be retained 
for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Pro-
gram: Provided further, That no payment shall be made pursuant 
to that Act to otherwise eligible units of local government if the 
computed amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 6901–6907 for an individual county by the amount nec-
essary to correct prior year overpayments to that county: Provided 
further, That the amount needed to correct a prior year under-
payment to an individual county shall be paid from any reductions 
for overpayments to other counties and the amount necessary to 
cover any remaining underpayment is hereby appropriated and 
shall be paid to individual counties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading 
shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with 
certain Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the 
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 
tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) 
of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), the Secretary shall 
deduct 2 percent from the amount payable to each State in fiscal 
year 2014 and deposit the amount deducted to miscellaneous 
receipts of the Treasury.
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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 Public Law 108–188, $85,976,000, 
of which: (1) $76,528,000 shall remain available until expended 
for territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 
activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to 
the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, 
as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government 
of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for 
construction and support of governmental functions; 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 (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2015, for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans-
actions of the territorial and local governments herein provided 
for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities 
established or used by such governments, may be audited by the 
Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance 
with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
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 Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: 
Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations 
and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize 
routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be deter-
mined 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, $3,318,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association 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 Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 
and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 
transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under
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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 percent 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 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, 
$65,800,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$50,831,000. 
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, $139,677,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $23,045,000 from this or any other Act, may be 
available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 
be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ 
account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; 
and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: 
Provided further, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2014, as authorized by the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any claim, 
including any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust 
funds, until the affected Indian tribe or individual Indian has
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been furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the 
beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of 
performance for any Indian trust account that has not had activity 
for at least 18 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided 
further, 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 withdrawn upon the express 
written request of the account holder: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or 
deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after Sep-
tember 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that 
are recovered shall be credited to and remain available in this 
account for this purpose. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression oper-
ations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, haz-
ardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department 
of the Interior, $740,982,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $6,127,000 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 $145,024,000 is for 
hazardous fuels reduction activities: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided $16,035,000 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 hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training 
and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for 
activities that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That the costs of implementing 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 Competition in Con-
tracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: 
(1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con-
servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154),