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of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000 (113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–165), is amended by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) CONVEYANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
convey to the county, subject to valid existing
rights, all right, title, and interest in and to the
parcels of public land described in paragraph
(2).
‘‘(B) PRICE.—The conveyance under para-
graph (1) shall be made at a price determined
to be appropriate for the conveyance of land for
educational facilities under the Act of June 14,
1926 (commonly known as the ‘Recreation and
Public Purposes Act’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).’’.
SEC. 133. MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISLAND NO. 228, IOWA,
LAND EXCHANGE. (a) IDENTIFICATION OF LAND TO BE RE-
CEIVED IN EXCHANGE.—Not later than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), shall provide Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Services,
Inc. (referred to in this section as ‘‘Dubuque’’), a notice that
identifies parcels of land or interests in land—
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(1) that are of a value that is approximately
equal to the value of the parcel of land comprising the
northern half of Mississippi River Island No. 228, as
determined through an appraisal conducted in con-
formity with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for
Federal Land Acquisition; and
(2) that the Secretary would consider acceptable
in exchange for all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to that parcel.
(b) LAND FOR WILD LIFE AND FISH REFUGE.—Land
or interests in land that the Secretary may consider accept-
able for the purposes of subsection (a) include land or inter-
ests in land that would be suitable for inclusion in the
Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge.
(c) EXCHANGE.—Not later than 120 days after Du-
buque offers land or interests in land identified in the notice
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel
described in subsection (a) in exchange for the land or inter-
ests in land offered by Dubuque, and shall permanently dis-
continue barge fleeting at the Mississippi River island,
Tract JO–4, Parcel A, in the W/2 SE/4, Section 30, T.29N.,
R.2W., Jo Daviess County, Illinois, located between miles
#578 and #579, commonly known as Pearl Island.
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SEC. 134. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings—
(1) in 1990, pursuant to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA),
25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., a class action lawsuit was filed
by Indian tribal contractors and tribal consortia
against the United States, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and others seeking money damages, injunctive re-
lief, and declaratory relief for alleged violations of the
ISDEAA (Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Lujan, 112 F.3d
1455 (10th Cir. 1997));
(2) the parties negotiated a partial settlement of
the claim totaling $76,200,000, plus applicable inter-
est, which was approved by the court on May 14,
1999;
(3) the partial settlement was paid by the
United States in September 1999, in the amount of
$82,000,000;
(4) the Judgment Fund was established to pay
for legal judgments awarded to plaintiffs who have
filed suit against the United States;
(5) the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 requires
that the Judgment Fund be reimbursed by the respon-
sible agency following the payment of an award from
the Fund; and
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(6) the shortfall in contract support payments
found by the Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in
Ramah resulted primarily from the non-payment or
underpayment of indirect costs by agencies other than
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health
Service.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) repayment of the Judgment Fund for the
partial settlement in Ramah from the accounts of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service
would significantly reduce funds appropriated to ben-
efit tribes and individual Native Americans; and
(2) the Secretary of the Interior should work
with the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget to secure funding for repayment of the judg-
ment in Ramah within the budgets of the agencies
that did not pay indirect costs to plaintiffs during the
period 1988 to 1993 or paid indirect costs at less
than rates provided under the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act during such period.
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TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $221,966,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health manage-
ment, cooperative forestry, and education and land con-
servation activities, $226,266,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized by law, of which not less than
$750,000 shall be available to complete an updated study
of the New York-New Jersey highlands under section
1244(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 3547).
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System,
$1,231,824,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during prior
fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance
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with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), of which
not less than an additional $500,000 shall be available for
use for law enforcement purposes in the national forest that,
during fiscal year 2000, had both the greatest number of
methamphetamine dumps and the greatest number of meth-
amphetamine laboratory law enforcement actions in the
National Forest System, and of which not less than an ad-
ditional $500,000 shall be available for law enforcement
purposes on the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests:
Provided, That unobligated balances available at the start
of fiscal year 2001 shall be displayed by extended budget
line item in the fiscal year 2002 budget justification: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount available for vegetation
and watershed management, the Secretary may authorize
the expenditure or transfer of such sums as necessary to
the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Manage-
ment for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild
horses and burros from National Forest System lands: Pro-
vided further, That $5,000,000 shall be allocated to the Alas-
ka Region, in addition to its normal allocation for the pur-
poses of preparing additional timber for sale, to establish
a 3-year timber supply and such funds may be transferred
to other appropriations accounts as necessary to maximize
accomplishment: Provided further, That of funds available
for Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management, $400,000 shall