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558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in 
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 
for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 
damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire prepared-
ness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notifica-
tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
all fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, That 
all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be avail-
able to support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and coopera-
tion with U.S., private, and international organizations. The Forest 
Service, acting for the International Program, may sign direct 
funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as 
well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, 
institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and 
training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 
this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 
be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 
the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 
section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 
10417(b) of Public Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
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 accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the joint explanatory state-
ment of the managers accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds 
available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, com-
monly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 
shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center. 
Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the Forest Service portion 
of implementation costs to be paid to the Department of Agriculture 
for the Financial Management Modernization Initiative. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the
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Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, Public Law 103–82, as amended 
by Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, 
Public Law 109–154. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 
may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 
to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 
Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 
expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 
the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 
$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match on 
at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Fed-
eral funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project 
at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 
matching funds: Provided further, That authorized investments of 
Federal funds held by the Foundation may be made only in interest- 
bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed 
as to both principal and interest by the United States. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, $3,000,000 
of the funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced 
to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to 
aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 
expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 
funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or 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 assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 
rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 
of Public Law 99–663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 
to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 
the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing fire, 
administrative and other facilities maintenance and decommis-
sioning. Such assessments shall occur using a square foot rate 
charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess programs 
for payment of rent, utilities, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations 
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 Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred
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as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 
land purchase negotiations and similar nonlitigation-related mat-
ters. 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. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 
under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 
et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 
to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 
(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$3,872,377,000, together with payments received during the fiscal 
year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b for services furnished 
by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made available 
to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agree-
ments, or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education 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: 
Provided further, That $844,927,000 for contract medical care, 
including $51,500,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund, shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funding provided for information technology activi-
ties and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $4,000,000 
shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 
Health Service: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up 
to 
$36,000,000 
shall 
remain 
available 
until 
expended 
for 
implementation of the loan repayment program under section 108 
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, 
That the amounts collected by the Federal Government as author-
ized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal 
year for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund author-
ized by section 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall 
remain available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall be available 
to make new awards under the loan repayment and scholarship 
programs under sections 104 and 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a 
and 1616a): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the amounts made available within this account for 
the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment initia-
tive and for the domestic violence prevention initiative shall be 
allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health 
Service and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual contracts
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and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obliga-
tion is recorded in the year 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 remain available until 
expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX 
of the Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 
design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, That 
funding contained herein for scholarship programs under the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That amounts received by 
tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until 
expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$472,193,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions for contract or grant support costs associated 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 2012, of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 may be used for contract support costs associated with 
new or expanded self-determination contracts, grants, self-govern-
ance compacts, or annual funding agreements: Provided further, 
That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian 
Health Service, tribes and tribal organizations operating health 
facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifi-
able health information relating to disabled children as may be 
necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, et 
seq.): Provided further, That the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically 
funded under the Indian Health Facilities account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equip-
ment 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 trailers; and for provision of domestic and commu-
nity sanitation 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 Improvement Act, 
and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II 
and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 
Service, $441,052,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated for the planning, design, construction, renovation or expan-
sion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 
may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be 
located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be 
used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equip-
ment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian