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tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, as amended, $52,946,000, to be de-
rived from receipts 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 further, That in fiscal year 2009 and here-
after, the State of Maryland may set aside the greater of 
$1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made 
available to the State under title IV of the Act, if the 
amount set aside is deposited in an acid mine drainage 
abatement and treatment fund established under a State 
law, pursuant to which law the amount, together with all 
interest earned on the amount, is expended by the State 
to undertake acid mine drainage abatement and treatment 
projects, except that before any amounts greater than 10 
percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine 
drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of 
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Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act priority one projects: Provided fur-
ther, That of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $8,500,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this heading may 
be used for the travel and per diem expenses of State and 
tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation 
and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec-
retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 
and other technical equipment to State and tribal regu-
latory and reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, 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.), 
as amended, $2,128,630,000, to remain available until 
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September 30, 2010 except as otherwise provided herein; 
of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception 
and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 
$74,915,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 
Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, 
the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts pro-
vided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian com-
munities affected by the disaster; notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including but not limited to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not 
to exceed $147,294,000 shall be available for payments 
for contract support costs associated with ongoing con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 
2009, as authorized by such Act, except that tribes and 
tribal organizations may use their tribal priority alloca-
tions for unmet contract support costs of ongoing con-
tracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agreements 
and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of which not to 
exceed $499,470,000 for school operations costs of Bu-
reau-funded schools and other education programs shall 
become available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010; and of which not to exceed 
$58,623,000 shall remain available until expended for 
housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, 
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