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Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except executive 
direction and administrative services funding for Tribal Priority 
Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations and mainte-
nance) shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or coopera-
tive agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provi-
sions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Govern-
ance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available 
by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not 
diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, 
or the government-to-government relationship between the United 
States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appro-
priations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 
to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et 
seq., shall be available to support the operation of any elementary 
or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall 
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory 
beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary 
of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education 
school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary 
of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion 
of up to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission of the 
Bureau of Indian Education. Appropriations made available in this 
or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available, 
in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, only to the schools 
in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to 
any school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 
2012. Funds made available under this Act may not be used to 
establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term 
is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is in existence 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated 
at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue 
to operate during that period, but only if the charter school pays 
to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including buses 
and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate and 
apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any 
obligation for charter school programs of the State in which the 
school is located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees 
of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school 
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.
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Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of 
September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this 
prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and 
cultural immersion educational programs for non-public schools 
located within the jurisdictional area of the tribal government which 
exclusively serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond 
those currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 
an educational environment with educator presence and academic 
facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all 
applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, 
and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the bene-
fits of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts 
to students such as those caused by busing students extended 
distances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act may 
be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, construc-
tion or other facilities-related costs for such assets that are not 
owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from the 
existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms 
part of the existing school in all other respects. 
Of the prior year unobligated balances available for the ‘‘Oper-
ation of Indian Programs’’ account, $3,400,000 are permanently 
rescinded. 
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, $271,074,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018; 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 $11,000,000 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 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2017, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized 
by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained 
for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Pro-
gram: Provided, That no payment shall be made pursuant to that
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chapter to otherwise eligible units of local government if the com-
puted amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by that 
chapter for an individual county by the amount necessary to correct 
prior year overpayments to that county: Provided further, That 
the amount needed to correct a prior year underpayment to an 
individual county shall be paid from any reductions for overpay-
ments 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 in the event the 
sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments pursuant to 
that chapter are less than the full payments to all units of local 
government, then the payment to each local government shall be 
made proportionally. 
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, $91,925,000, 
of which: (1) $82,477,000 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, 2018, 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).
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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 
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, 
$65,769,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$50,047,000. 
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, $139,029,000, to remain available until expended, of which
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not to exceed $18,688,000 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 2017, 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 Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement 
of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 15 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 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous pay-
ments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available 
in this account for this purpose: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not be required to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts 
with a balance of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special 
Trustee receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 
claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 of 
the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–412) or any other provision of law, the Secretary 
may aggregate the trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts 
are unknown for a continuous period of at least five years and 
shall not be required to generate periodic statements of performance 
for the individual accounts: Provided further, That with respect 
to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain 
sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual 
accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and such 
funds shall remain available to the individual account holders. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels 
management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department 
of the Interior, $942,671,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $8,427,000 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 $180,000,000 is for 
hazardous fuels management activities: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation:
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Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 
may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds 
available 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 fuels management and resilient landscapes activities, 
and for training and monitoring associated with such fuels manage-
ment and resilient landscapes 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 Contracting Act, the Secretary, 
for purposes of fuels management and resilient landscapes activi-
ties, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local 
private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 
Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related 
partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small 
or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train 
locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, 
of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 
written guidance to field units to ensure accountability and con-
sistent application of the authorities provided herein: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 
to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out 
their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required 
by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire manage-
ment activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases of real 
property with local governments, at or below fair market value, 
to construct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 
leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, 
retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support facili-
ties, and to make advance payments for any such lease or for 
construction activity associated with the lease: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 
between the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided 
further, That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be avail-
able for support of Federal emergency response actions: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for assistance to or through the Department of State in connec-
tion with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 
assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, shall be available to support forestry, wildland
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fire management, and related natural resource activities outside 
the United States and its territories and possessions, including 
technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with 
United States and international organizations. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations 
of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve fund for suppres-
sion and Federal emergency response activities, $65,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts 
are only available for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
account following a declaration by the Secretary in accordance 
with section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a): 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 
any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, 
including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department 
of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial 
and business management system, information technology improve-
ments of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and 
the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the Depart-
ment, $67,100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital 
Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation 
of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, 
local and tribal government employees for training services provided 
by the National Indian Program Training Center, other than 
training related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the
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Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related facili-
ties, equipment or professional services of the National Indian 
Program Training Center to State, local and tribal government 
employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, edu-
cational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) 
of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar 
space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the 
National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall 
be credited to this account, shall be available until expended, and 
shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 
National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements 
to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and 
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess sur-
plus property: Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may 
be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset 
the purchase price for the replacement aircraft. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For necessary expenses for payments authorized by chapter 
69 of title 31, United States Code, $465,000,000 shall be available 
for fiscal year 2017. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with 
the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facili-
ties or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant 
to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 
which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition 
to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland 
fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-
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over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related 
to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assess-
ment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous 
substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression, 
and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 
outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant 
to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of 
Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 
available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce-
ment, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of 
regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying 
out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations 
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 
the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment 
in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, such 
reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available 
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under this 
authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated 
for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, 
That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as 
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 
funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts 
from which emergency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized 
by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase 
and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 
law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; pay-
ment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when 
authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the 
payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 
membership in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 
Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for 
historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose.