the preservation and restoration of the birthplace,
boyhood home, and schoolhouse of Ulysses S. Grant.
SEC. 132. CONVEYANCE TO NYE COUNTY, NEVADA.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Nye
County, Nevada.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management.
(b) PARCELS CONVEYED FOR USE OF THE NEVADA
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey
to the County, subject to the requirements of 43
U.S.C. 869 and subject to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest in and to the parcels of pub-
lic land described in paragraph (2). Such conveyance
shall be made at a price determined to be appro-
priate for the conveyance of land for educational fa-
cilities under the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C.
869 et seq.) and in accordance with the Bureau of
Land Management Document entitled ‘‘Recreation
and Public Purposes Act’’, dated October 1994,
under the category of Special Pricing Program Uses
for Governmental Entities.
(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of public
land referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) The portion of Sec. 13 north of United
States Route 95, T. 15 S., R. 49 E., Mount
Diablo Meridian, Nevada.
(B) In Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount
Diablo Meridian, Nevada:
(i) W 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4.
(ii) The portion of the W 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 SW
1⁄4 north of United States Route 95.
(3) USE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The parcels described
in paragraph (2) shall be used for the construc-
tion and operation of the Nevada Science and
Technology Center as a nonprofit museum and
exposition center, and related facilities and ac-
tivities.
(B) REVERSION.—The conveyance of any
parcel described in paragraph (2) shall be sub-
ject to reversion to the United States, at the
discretion of Secretary, if the parcel is used for
a purpose other than that specified in subpara-
graph (A).
(c) PARCELS CONVEYED FOR OTHER USE FOR A
COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.—
(1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—For a period of 5
years beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act, the County shall have the exclusive right to
purchase the parcels of public land described in
paragraph (2) for the fair market value of the par-
cels, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of public
land referred to in paragraph (1) are the following
parcels in Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
(A) E 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4.
(B) E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4.
(C) The portion of the E 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 north
of United States Route 95.
(D) The portion of the E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4
north of United States Route 95.
(E) The portion of the SE 1⁄4 north of
United States Route 95.
(3) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Proceeds of a sale of
a parcel described in paragraph (2)—
(A) shall be deposited in the special ac-
count established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of
the Southern Nevada Public Land Management
Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and
(B) shall be available for use by the
Secretary—
(i) to reimburse costs incurred by the
local offices of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in arranging the land conveyances
directed by this Act; and
(ii) as provided in section 4(e)(3) of
that Act (112 Stat. 2346).
SEC. 133. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF MES-
QUITE, NEVADA. Section 3 of Public Law 99–548 (100
Stat. 3061; 110 Stat. 3009–202) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(e) FIFTH AREA.—
‘‘(1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For a period of 12
years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the City of Mesquite, Nevada, subject to
all appropriate environmental reviews, including
compliance with the National Environmental
Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act,
shall have the exclusive right to purchase the
parcels of public land described in paragraph
(2).
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A)
shall apply to a parcel of land described in
paragraph (2) that has not been identified for
disposal in the 1998 Bureau of Land Manage-
ment Las Vegas Resource Management Plan
only if the conveyance is made under subsection
(f ).
‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of pub-
lic land referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 27 north of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 28: NE 1⁄4, S 1⁄2 (except the
Interstate Route 15 right-of-way).
‘‘(iii) Sec. 29: E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, SE
1⁄4 SE 1⁄4.
‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 30 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(v) The portion of sec. 31 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 32: NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 (except
the Interstate Route 15 right-of-way), the
portion of NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 south of Inter-
state Route 15, and the portion of W 1⁄2
south of Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(vii) The portion of sec. 33 north of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(B) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 25 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 26 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 27 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iv) Sec. 28: SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4.
‘‘(v) Sec. 33: E 1⁄2.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 34.
‘‘(vii) Sec. 35.
‘‘(viii) Sec. 36.
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 years
after the date of the enactment of this subsection,
the city shall notify the Secretary which of the par-
cels of public land described in paragraph (2) the
city intends to purchase.
‘‘(4) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 1 year
after receiving notification from the city under para-
graph (3), the Secretary shall convey to the city the
land selected for purchase.
‘‘(5) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing
rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date
of the enactment of this subsection, the parcels of
public land described in paragraph (2) are with-
drawn from all forms of entry and appropriation
under the public land laws, including the mining
laws, and from operation of the mineral leasing and
geothermal leasing laws.
‘‘(6) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds of the
sale of each parcel—
‘‘(A) shall be deposited in the special ac-
count established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of
the Southern Nevada Public Land Management
Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and
‘‘(B) shall be available for use by the
Secretary—
‘‘(i) to reimburse costs incurred by
the local offices of the Bureau of Land
Management in arranging the land convey-
ances directed by this Act; and
‘‘(ii) as provided in section 4(e)(3) of
that Act (112 Stat. 2346).
‘‘(f ) SIXTH AREA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this subsection, the
Secretary shall convey to the City of Mesquite, Ne-
vada, in accordance with section 47125 of title 49,
United States Code, and subject to all appropriate
environmental reviews, including compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act and the Endan-
gered Species Act, up to 2,560 acres of public land
to be selected by the city from among the parcels of
land described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of land
referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 28 south of
Interstate Route 15 (except S 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4).
‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 29 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 30 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 31 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(v) Sec. 32.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 33: W 1⁄2.
‘‘(B) In T. 14 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 4.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 5.
‘‘(iii) Sec. 6.
‘‘(iv) Sec. 8.
‘‘(C) In T. 14 S., R. 68 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 1.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 12.
‘‘(3) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing
rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date
of the enactment of this subsection, the parcels of
public land described in paragraph (2) are with-
drawn from all forms of entry and appropriation
under the public land laws, including the mining
laws, and from operation of the mineral leasing and
geothermal leasing laws.
‘‘(4) If the land conveyed pursuant to this sec-
tion is not utilized by the city as an airport, it shall
revert to the United States, at the option of the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(5) Nothing in this section shall preclude the
Secretary from applying appropriate terms and con-
ditions as identified by the required environmental
review to any conveyance made under this section.’’.
SEC. 134. QUADRICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF
THE SAINT CROIX ISLAND INTERNATIONAL HISTORIC
SITE. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) in 1604, one of the first European coloniza-
tion efforts was attempted at St. Croix Island in Ca-
lais, Maine;
(2) St. Croix Island settlement predated both
the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies;
(3) St. Croix Island offers a rare opportunity to
preserve and interpret early interactions between
European explorers and colonists and Native Ameri-
cans;
(4) St. Croix Island is one of only two inter-
national historic sites comprised of land adminis-
tered by the National Park Service;
(5) the quadricentennial commemorative cele-
bration honoring the importance of the St. Croix Is-
land settlement to the countries and people of both
Canada and the United States is rapidly approach-
ing;
(6) the 1998 National Park Service manage-
ment plans and long-range interpretive plan call for
enhancing visitor facilities at both Red Beach and
downtown Calais;
(7) in 1982, the Department of the Interior and
Canadian Department of the Environment signed a
memorandum of understanding to recognize the
international significance of St. Croix Island and, in
an amendment memorandum, agreed to conduct
joint strategic planning for the international com-
memoration with a special focus on the 400th anni-
versary of settlement in 2004;
(8) the Department of Canadian Heritage has
installed extensive interpretive sites on the Canadian
side of the border; and
(9) current facilities at Red Beach and Calais
are extremely limited or nonexistent for a site of this
historic and cultural importance.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the
Senate that—
(1) using funds made available by this Act, the
National Park Service should expeditiously pursue
planning for exhibits at Red Beach and the town of
Calais, Maine; and
(2) the National Park Service should take what
steps are necessary, including consulting with the
people of Calais, to ensure that appropriate exhibits
at Red Beach and the town of Calais are completed
by 2004.
SEC. 135. No funds appropriated for the Department
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or
to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of
water levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon
Dam.
SEC. 136. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act or any other provision of
law, may be used by any officer, employee, department or
agency of the United States to impose or require payment
of an inspection fee in connection with the export of ship-
ments of fur-bearing wildlife containing 1,000 or fewer
raw, crusted, salted or tanned hides or fur skins, or sepa-
rate parts thereof, including species listed under the Con-
vention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora done at Washington, March 3,
1973 (27 UST 1027): Provided, That this provision shall
for the duration of the calendar year in which the ship-
ment occurs, not apply to any person who ships more than
2,500 of such hides, fur skins or parts thereof during the
course of such year.
SEC. 137. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall dur-
ing fiscal year 2000 reorganize and consolidate the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs’ management and administrative
of separation shall be required to repay the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
(3) The Secretary may, at the request of the
head of an executive branch agency, waive the repay-
ment under paragraph (2) if the individual involved
possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified
applicant available for the position.
(4) In addition to any other payment which is
required to be made under subchapter III of chapter
83 of title 5, United States Code, the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs shall remit to the Office of Personnel
Management for deposit in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Re-
tirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15
percent of the final basic pay of each employee of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs to whom a voluntary
separation incentive payment has been or is to be
paid under the provisions of this section.
(c) Employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in
Central Office West divisions that are moved due to the
implementation of the National Academy of Public Admin-
istration recommendations and who are entitled to sever-
ance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs may pay, the total amount of
severance pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees
paid severance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reem-
ployed by the Federal Government shall be subject to the
repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), ex-
cept that any repayment shall be made to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
(d) Employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in
Central Office West divisions that are moved due to the
implementation of the National Academy of Public Admin-
istration recommendations and who voluntarily resign on
or before December 31, 1999, or who are separated, shall
be liable for not more than the required employee con-
tribution under 5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A) if they elect to
continue health benefits after separation. The Bureau of
Indian Affairs shall pay for 12 months the remaining por-
tion of required contributions.
SEC. 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire
lands from the Haines Borough, Alaska, consisting of ap-
proximately 20 acres, more or less, in four tracts identified
for this purpose by the Borough, and contained in an area
formerly known as ‘‘Duncan’s Camp’’; the Secretary shall
use $340,000 previously allocated from funds appro-
priated for the Department of the Interior for fiscal year
1998 for acquisition of lands; the Secretary is authorized
to convey in fee all land and interests in land acquired
pursuant to this section without compensation to the heirs
of Peter Duncan in settlement of a claim filed by them
against the United States: Provided, That the Secretary
shall not convey the lands acquired pursuant to this sec-
tion unless and until a signed release of all claims is exe-
cuted.
SEC. 139. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2000
shall be allocated among the schools proportionate to the
unmet need of the schools as determined by the Postsec-
ondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian
Education Programs.
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under
the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amend-
ed by Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and
retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided,
That the Secretary may retain and use any such reim-
bursement until expended and without further appropria-
tion: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge
System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all ac-
tivities authorized by Public Law 100–696; 16 U.S.C.
460zz.
SEC. 141. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with
respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes
until March 15, 2000. The rulemaking must be consistent
with existing statutory requirements.
SEC. 142. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF THOMAS PAINE MEMORIAL. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Public Law 102–407 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 106
Stat. 1991) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.
‘‘Notwithstanding the time period limitation specified
in section 10(b) of the Commemorative Works Act (40
U.S.C. 1010(b)) or any other provision of law, the author-
ity for the Thomas Paine National Historical Association
to establish a memorial to Thomas Paine in the District
of Columbia under this Act shall expire on December 31,
2003.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) APPLICABLE LAW.—Section 1(b) of Public
Law 102–407 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 106 Stat.
1991) is amended by striking ‘‘The establishment’’
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 4, the
establishment’’.
(2) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 3 of
Public Law 102–407 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 106
Stat. 1991) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or upon expiration of the
authority for the memorial under section 10(b)
of that Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘or on expiration of
the authority for the memorial under section
4,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 8(b)(1) of that
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8(b)(1) of the Com-
memorative 
Works 
Act 
(40 
U.S.C.
1008(b)(1))’’.
SEC. 143. USE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRANS-
PORTATION SERVICE CONTRACT FEES. Section 412 of the
National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16
U.S.C. 5961) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘Notwithstanding’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, with respect to a service contract
for the provision solely of transportation services at Zion
National Park, the Secretary may obligate the expenditure
of fees received in fiscal year 2000 under section 501 be-
fore the fees are received.’’.
SEC. 144. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR RED ROCK
CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Section 3(c)(1) of Public Law 103–450 (108 Stat.
4767) is amended by striking ‘‘the date 5 years after the
date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘May 2,
2000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) takes effect on November 1, 1999.
SEC. 145. NATIONAL PARK PASSPORT PROGRAM.
Section 603(c)(1) of the National Park Omnibus Manage-
ment Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5993(c)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’.
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, $202,700,000, to remain
available 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 man-
agement, cooperative forestry, and education and land
conservation activities, $202,534,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by law.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System,
and for administrative expenses associated with the man-
agement of funds provided under the headings ‘‘Forest
and Rangeland Research’’, ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’,
‘‘National Forest System’’, ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’,
‘‘Reconstruction and Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisi-
tion’’, $1,269,504,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received dur-
ing prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances available at
the start of fiscal year 2000 shall be displayed by extended
budget line item in the fiscal year 2001 budget justifica-
tion.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other
lands under fire protection agreement, and for emergency
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System
lands and water, $561,354,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such funds are available for re-
payment of advances from other appropriations accounts
previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further,
That not less than 50 percent of any unobligated balances
remaining (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels re-
duction) at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall be trans-
ferred, as repayment for past advances that have not been
repaid, to the fund established pursuant to section 3 of
Public Law 71–319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, up
to $4,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropria-
tion may be used for Fire Science Research in support
of the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That
all authorities for the use of funds, including the use of
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to
execute the Forest Service and Rangeland Research ap-
propriation, are also available in the utilization of these
funds for Fire Science Research.
For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses
for emergency rehabilitation, presuppression due to emer-
gencies, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest
Service, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $398,927,000, to remain available
until expended for construction, reconstruction, mainte-
nance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and
for construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance
of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205:
Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided
herein for road maintenance shall be available for the de-
commissioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not
part of the transportation system, which are no longer
needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be expended
to decommission any system road until notice and an op-
portunity for public comment has been provided on each
decommissioning project: Provided further, That any unob-
ligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to the
Forest Service ‘‘Reconstruction and Construction’’ ac-
count as well as any unobligated balances remaining in
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account for the facility
maintenance and trail maintenance extended budget line
items at the end of fiscal year 1999 may be transferred
to and merged with the ‘‘Reconstruction and Mainte-
nance’’ account.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $79,575,000, to
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$40,000,000 may be available for the acquisition of lands
or interests within the tract known as the Baca Location
No. 1 in New Mexico only upon: (1) the enactment of leg-
islation authorizing the acquisition of lands, or interests
in lands, within such tract; (2) completion of a review,
not to exceed 90 days, by the Comptroller General of the
United States of an appraisal conforming with the Uni-
form Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition
of all lands and interests therein to be acquired by the
United States; and (3) submission of the Comptroller Gen-
eral’s review of such appraisal to the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives, the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate:
Provided, That subject to valid existing rights, all feder-
ally-owned lands and interests in lands within the New
World Mining District comprising approximately 26,223
acres, more or less, which are described in a Federal Reg-
ister notice dated August 19, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 44136–
44137), are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, ap-
propriation, and disposal under the public land laws, and
from location, entry and patent under the mining laws,
and from disposition under all mineral and geothermal
leasing laws.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to
be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 110 passenger motor vehicles of which 15 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
109 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed three for replacement only, and acquisi-
100
tion of sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain
the operable fleet at 213 aircraft for use in Forest Service
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs;
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250);
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move
or close any regional office for National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture without the consent of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
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habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions if and only if all previously appro-
priated emergency contingent funds under the heading
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by the
President and apportioned.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource 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.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report No. 105–163.
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None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
No. 105–163.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance
with the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National For-
est Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be
used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or
other forms of even-aged management in hardwood stands
in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
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Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to $2,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance to the National Forest Founda-
tion, without regard to when the Foundation incurs ex-
penses, for administrative expenses or projects on or bene-
fitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds
made available to the Foundation, no more than $400,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of
the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the National For-
est Foundation may hold Federal funds made available
but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest
or other investment income earned (before, on, or after
the date of the enactment of this Act) on Federal funds
to carry out the purposes of Public Law 101–593: Pro-
vided further, That such investments may be made only
in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in
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obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest
by the United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service
shall be available for matching funds to the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
3701–3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance, without regard to when expenses
are incurred, for projects on or benefitting National For-
est System lands or related to Forest Service programs:
Provided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end
of the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds ad-
vanced by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient
has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and
Construction’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to ac-
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tivities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for
projects on National Forest land in the State of Wash-
ington may be granted directly to the Washington State
Department of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of
planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be
retained by the Forest Service for planning and admin-
istering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall
be accomplished by the Forest Service with such consulta-
tion with the State of Washington as the Forest Service
deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as ap-
propriate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as
well as with public and other private agencies, organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals, to provide for the de-
velopment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of
land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey
Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agri-
culture may prescribe, any such public or private agency,
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organization, institution, or individual may solicit, accept,
and administer private gifts of money and real or personal
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the ac-
tivities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic
Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be ac-
cepted notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts
business with the Department of Agriculture in any capac-
ity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments
to Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections
13(e) and 14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area
Act (Public Law 101–612).
For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Dis-
aster Fund as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law
104–134, the direct grants provided from the Fund shall
be considered direct payments for purposes of all applica-
ble law except that these direct grants may not be used
for lobbying activities: Provided, That a total of
$22,000,000 is hereby appropriated and shall be deposited
into the Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund estab-
lished pursuant to Public Law 104–134, as amended,
without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation of
which $10,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year 2000,
$7,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year 2001, and
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$5,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year 2002. The
Secretary of Agriculture shall allocate the funds to local
communities suffering economic hardship because of mill
closures and economic dislocation in the timber industry
to employ unemployed timber workers and for related
community redevelopment projects as follows:
(1) in fiscal year 2000, $4,000,000 for the
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, $2,000,000 for the
City of Petersburg, $2,000,000 for the City and
Borough 
of 
Sitka, 
and 
$2,000,000 
for 
the
Metlakatla Indian Community;
(2) in fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000 for the
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, $1,000,000 for the
City of Petersburg, $1,500,000 for the City and
Borough 
of 
Sitka, 
and 
$1,500,000 
for 
the
Metlakatla Indian Community; and
(3) in fiscal year 2002, $3,000,000 for the
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, $500,000 for the City
and Borough of Sitka, and $1,500,000 for the
Metlakatla Indian Community.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office
of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
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sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management
reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar non-litiga-
tion related matters. Future budget justifications for both
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and
the requested funding transfers.
No employee of the Department of Agriculture may
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded
by this Act to any other agency or office of the department
for more than 30 days unless the individual’s employing
agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency
or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for
the period of assignment.
The Forest Service shall fund overhead, national
commitments, indirect expenses, and any other category
for use of funds which are expended at any units, that
are not directly related to the accomplishment of specific
work on-the-ground (referred to as ‘‘indirect expendi-
tures’’), from funds available to the Forest Service, unless
otherwise prohibited by law: Provided, That the Forest
Service shall implement and adhere to the definitions of
indirect expenditures established pursuant to Public Law
105–277 on a nationwide basis without flexibility for
modification by any organizational level except the Wash-
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ington Office, and when changed by the Washington Of-
fice, such changes in definition shall be reported in budget
requests submitted by the Forest Service: Provided fur-
ther, That the Forest Service shall provide in all future
budget justifications, planned indirect expenditures in ac-
cordance with the definitions, summarized and displayed
to the Regional, Station, Area, and detached unit office
level. The justification shall display the estimated source
and amount of indirect expenditures, by expanded budget
line item, of funds in the agency’s annual budget justifica-
tion. The display shall include appropriated funds and the
Knutson-Vandenberg, Brush Disposal, Cooperative Work-
Other, and Salvage Sale funds. Changes between esti-
mated and actual indirect expenditures shall be reported
in subsequent budget justifications: Provided further, That
during fiscal year 2000 the Secretary shall limit total an-
nual indirect obligations from the Brush Disposal, Cooper-
ative Work-Other, Knutson-Vandenberg, Reforestation,
Salvage Sale, and Roads and Trails funds to 20 percent
of the total obligations from each fund.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be used for necessary expenses in the event
of law enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect
natural resources and public or employee safety: Provided,
That such amounts shall not exceed $500,000.
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From any unobligated balances available at the start
of fiscal year 2000, the amount of $5,000,000 shall be
allocated to the Alaska Region, in addition to the funds
appropriated to sell timber in the Alaska Region under
this Act, for expenses directly related to preparing suffi-
cient additional timber for sale in the Alaska Region to
establish a 3-year timber supply.
The Forest Service is authorized through the Forest
Service existing budget to reimburse Harry Frey,
$143,406 (1997 dollars) because his home was destroyed
by arson on June 21, 1990 in retaliation for his work with
the Forest Service.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(DEFERRAL)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in prior years, $156,000,000 shall not be avail-
able until October 1, 2000: Provided, That funds made
available in previous appropriations Acts shall be available
for any ongoing project regardless of the separate request
for proposal under which the project was selected.
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority
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of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing,
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602,
and 1603), performed under the minerals and materials
science programs at the Albany Research Center in Or-
egon, $419,025,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $24,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from
unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy Development
account: Provided, That no part of the sum herein made
available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear ex-
plosives in the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Moneys received as investment income on the prin-
cipal amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the
Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are
earned as of October 1, 1999, shall be deposited in this
account and immediately transferred to the general fund
of the Treasury. Moneys received as revenue sharing from
operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant and set-
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tlement payments shall be immediately transferred to the
general fund of the Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
The requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall
not apply to fiscal year 2000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, unobligated funds re-
maining from prior years shall be available for all naval
petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND
For necessary expenses in fulfilling the second install-
ment payment under the Settlement Agreement entered
into by the United States and the State of California on
October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public
Law 104–106, $36,000,000, to become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2000, for payment to the State of California for
the State Teachers’ Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills
School Lands Fund.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $745,242,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy
Development account: Provided, That $168,500,000 shall
be for use in energy conservation programs as defined in
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section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4507):
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2)
of Public Law 99–509, such sums shall be allocated to
the eligible programs as follows: $135,000,000 for weath-
erization assistance grants and $33,500,000 for State en-
ergy conservation grants: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2001
and thereafter sums appropriated for weatherization as-
sistance grants shall be contingent on a cost share of 25
percent by each participating State or other qualified par-
ticipant.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201
et seq.), $159,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of Energy hereafter may
transfer to the SPR Petroleum Account such funds as may
be necessary to carry out drawdown and sale operations
of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve initiated under section
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161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6241) from any funds available to the Department of En-
ergy under this or any other Act: Provided further, That
all funds transferred pursuant to this authority must be
replenished as promptly as possible from oil sale receipts
pursuant to the drawdown and sale.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $72,644,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of
sums may be made to other agencies of the Government
for the performance of work for which the appropriation
is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or
finance authorized price support or loan guarantee pro-
grams unless specific provision is made for such programs
in an appropriations Act.
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The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign:
Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or
for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise
generated by sale of products in connection with projects
of the department appropriated under this Act may be re-
tained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until
expended, and used only for plant construction, operation,
costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided
in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Pro-
vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
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No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
procurement documents for programs or projects for
which appropriations have not been made.
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from pub-
lic and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed
funds account, and prosecute projects using such fees and
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or
private agencies or concerns.
The Secretary of Energy in cooperation with the Ad-
ministrator of General Services Administration shall con-
vey to the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, for no consider-
ation, the approximately 15.644 acres of land comprising
the former site of the National Institute of Petroleum En-
ergy Research (including all improvements on the land)
described as follows: All of Block 1, Keeler’s Second Addi-
tion, all of Block 2, Keeler’s Fourth Addition, all of Blocks
9 and 10, Mountain View Addition, all in the City of
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $2,078,967,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts,
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract
award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe
or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain available
until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund: Provided further, That $395,290,000 for con-
tract medical care shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That of the
funds provided, up to $17,000,000 shall be used to carry
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out the loan repayment program under section 108 of the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further,
That funds provided in this Act may be used for 1-year
contracts and grants which are to be performed in two
fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in
the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services under the authority of title
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall re-
main available until expended for the purpose of achieving
compliance with the applicable conditions and require-
ments of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
(exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new fa-
cilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein,
and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship pro-
grams under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
(25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That amounts
received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be re-
ported and accounted for and available to the receiving
tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed
$228,781,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal
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organizations for contract or grant support costs associ-
ated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or
annual funding agreements between the Indian Health
Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior
to or during fiscal year 2000, of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 may be used for such costs associated with
new and expanded contracts, grants, self-governance com-
pacts or annual funding agreements: Provided further,
That funds available for the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out activities
typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac-
count.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities,
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities
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support 
activities 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service,
$318,580,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites
to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding any provision
of law governing Federal construction, $3,000,000 of the
funds provided herein shall be provided to the Hopi Tribe
to reduce the debt incurred by the Tribe in providing staff
quarters to meet the housing needs associated with the
new Hopi Health Center: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Depart-
ment of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health
Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service
and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter-
agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and
the General Services Administration: Provided further,
That not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed in a Demoli-
tion Fund, available until expended, to be used by the In-
dian Health Service for demolition of Federal buildings:
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Provided further, That from within existing funds, the In-
dian Health Service may purchase up to 5 acres of land
for expanding the parking facilities at the Indian Health
Service hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments
for telephone service in private residences in the field,
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefore as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of at-
tendance at meetings which are concerned with the func-
tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or
management of those functions or activities: Provided,
That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the
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proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall
be credited to the account of the facility providing the
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121
(the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–
638, as amended: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except
those used for administrative and program direction pur-
poses, shall not be subject to limitations directed at cur-
tailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au-
thorized by title I or title III of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-
mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-
ment under title III of such Act and thereafter shall re-
main available to the tribe or tribal organization without
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this
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Act shall be used to implement the final rule published
in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the
Department of Health and Human Services, relating to
the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian
Health Service until the Indian Health Service has sub-
mitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs as-
sociated with the proposed final rule, and such request has
been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into
law: Provided further, That funds made available in this
Act are to be apportioned to the Indian Health Service
as appropriated in this Act, and accounted for in the ap-
propriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That with respect to functions transferred by the In-
dian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and
services to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, includ-
ing payment in advance with subsequent adjustment, and
the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or
subsequent appropriation account which provided the
funding, said amounts to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That reimbursements for training, tech-
nical assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health
Service will contain total costs, including direct, adminis-