18 months and has a balance of $15.00 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 with-
drawn 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 de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $932,780,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$6,137,000 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 persons hired pursuant 
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to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg-
ing without cost from funds available from this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 
1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart-
ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 
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 procure-
ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
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 co-
operative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 
on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi-
tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en-
tities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 
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Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 
State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or 
micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 per-
cent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 
contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 
units to ensure accountability and consistent application 
of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this head may be used to reim-
burse 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 con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 
appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source 
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 facilities, and to make 
advance payments for any such lease or for construction 
activity associated with the lease: Provided further, That 
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the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture 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 jointly funded 
wildland fire management programs and projects. 
WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINGENCY RESERVE 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for transfer to ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ for fire suppression operations of the 
Department of the Interior, $75,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That amounts in this para-
graph may be transferred and expended only if all funds 
appropriated for fire suppression operations under the 
heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ shall be fully obli-
gated within 30 days: Provided further, That amounts are 
available only to the extent the President has issued a 
finding that the amounts are necessary for emergency fire 
suppression operations. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
response action, including associated activities, performed 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
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Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,175,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That Public Law 110–161 (121 
Stat. 2116) under the heading ‘‘Central Hazardous Mate-
rials Fund’’ is amended by striking ‘‘in advance of or as 
reimbursement for remedial action or response activities 
conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 
113(f) of such Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘includ-
ing any fines or penalties’’. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
19jj et seq.), $6,462,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 
business management system and information technology 
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improvements of general benefit to the Department, 
$85,823,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds in this Act or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be used to establish reserves in the 
Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued an-
nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: 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 re-
lated to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related 
facilities, equipment or professional services of the Na-
tional Indian Program Training Center to State, local, and 
tribal government employees or persons or organizations 
engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities 
(as defined in 40 U.S.C. 3306(a)) 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. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus 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. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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 emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies 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. 
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SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; 
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 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 
(99 Stat. 1658); 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 Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be 
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire 
operations and shall be available for the payment of obli-
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gations 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 ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Suppression Contingency Reserve Fund’’ shall be ex-
hausted 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 replen-
ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; pur-
chase and replacement of motor vehicles, including spe-
cially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone serv-
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ice in private residences in the field, when authorized 
under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the pay-
ment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for li-
brary 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. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans-
fer 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. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No federally recognized tribe 
shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 
funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2010. Under 
circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service 
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