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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 notwithstanding any
other provision 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: Provided
further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds
in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
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 unavoidable
causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available
under this authority until funds specifically made available
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have
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been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section are hereby designated by Congress to
be 
‘‘emergency 
requirements’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested as
promptly as possible.
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 programs
of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency
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 ju-
risdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or ac-
tual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un-
avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage
assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the pre-
vention, 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
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funds available to the Office of Surface Mining 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 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 pre-
ceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equip-
ment in connection with their use for wildland fire oper-
ations, 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 oper-
ations’’ shall be exhausted within thirty days: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby
designated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and 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.
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SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other
activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535
and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That
reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equip-
ment, and for services rendered may be credited to the ap-
propriation current at the time such reimbursements are
received.
SEC. 104. 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 Sec-
retary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, main-
tenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment 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 member-
ship in societies or associations which issue publications to
members only or at a price to members lower than to sub-
scribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available
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for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Annual appropriations made in this title
shall be available for obligation in connection with con-
tracts issued for services or rentals for periods not in excess
of 12 months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of northern, central, and southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore
oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activi-
ties in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any
lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final
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Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram, 1997–2002.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the
Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 111. Advance payments made under this title to
Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Con-
trolled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may
be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or con-
sortium before such funds are expended for the purposes of
the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement so long
as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guaran-
teed or insured by the United States, or mutual (or
other) funds registered with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission and which only invest in obliga-
tions of the United States or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are insured
by an agency or instrumentality of the United States,
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or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the
funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-
local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide for
and regulate local non-recreational passage through units
of the National Park System, allowing each unit to develop
guidelines and permits for such activity appropriate to that
unit.
SEC. 113. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the Depart-
ment of the Interior’s charge card programs may be depos-
ited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in the
Departmental Working Capital Fund established under 43
U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management initiatives of
general benefit to the Department of the Interior’s bureaus
and offices as determined by the Secretary or his designee.
SEC. 114. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
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to the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level
Implementation Plan.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to section
321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C.
303b), with any person, firm, association, organization,
corporation, or governmental entity for all or part of the
property within Fort Baker administered by the Secretary
as part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The pro-
ceeds of the agreements or leases shall be retained by the
Secretary and such proceeds shall be available, without fu-
ture appropriation, for the preservation, restoration, oper-
ation, maintenance and interpretation and related expenses
incurred with respect to Fort Baker properties.
SEC. 116. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or
is transferred) during fiscal year 2001 shall be renewed
under section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or if appli-
cable, section 510 of the California Desert Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50). The terms and conditions con-
tained in the expiring permit or lease shall continue in ef-
fect under the new permit or lease until such time as the
Secretary of the Interior completes processing of such per-
mit or lease in compliance with all applicable laws and
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regulations, at which time such permit or lease may be can-
celed, suspended or modified, in whole or in part, to meet
the requirements of such applicable laws and regulations.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the Sec-
retary’s statutory authority.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate
cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing require-
ments of chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are
deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian
probate judge, appointed by the Secretary without regard
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
the appointments in the competitive service, for such period
of time as the Secretary determines necessary: Provided,
That the basic pay of an Indian probate judge so appointed
may be fixed by the Secretary without regard to the provi-
sions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5, United States Code, governing the classification and
pay of General Schedule employees, except that no such In-
dian probate judge may be paid at a level which exceeds
the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the Gen-
eral Schedule, including locality pay.
SEC. 118. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, with respect to amounts made available for tribal pri-
ority allocations in Alaska, such amounts shall only be pro-
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vided to tribes the membership of which on June 1, 2000
is composed of at least 25 individuals who are Natives (as
such term is defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act).
(b) Amounts that would have been made available for
tribal priority allocations in Alaska but for the limitation
contained in subsection (a) shall be provided to the respec-
tive Alaska Native regional nonprofit corporation (as listed
in section 103(a)(2) of Public Law 104–193, 110 Stat.
2159) for the respective region in which a tribe subject to
subsection (a) is located, notwithstanding any resolution
authorized under federal law to the contrary.
SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kankakee
River basin that is inconsistent with the United States
Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to control flooding and
siltation in that area. Written certification of consistency
shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations prior to refuge establishment.
SEC. 120. (a) In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Huron Cemetery’’ means the lands
that form the cemetery that is popularly known as the
Huron Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Kansas, as
described in subsection (b)(3); and
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(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron
Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in
accordance with this subsection.
(2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used
only—
(A) for religious and cultural uses that are com-
patible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
(B) as a burial ground.
(3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery
is as follows:
The tract of land in the NW quarter of sec. 10, T. 11
S., R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte
County, Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground
on August 15, 1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and
Surveyor), described as follows:
‘‘Commencing on the Northwest corner of the
Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 10;
‘‘Thence South 28 poles to the ‘true point of be-
ginning’;
‘‘Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18
links;
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‘‘Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West
28 poles;
‘‘Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
‘‘Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31
poles and 15 feet to the ‘true point of beginning’, con-
taining 2 acres or more.’’.
SEC. 121. None of the Funds provided in this Act shall
be available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Depart-
ment of the Interior to transfer land into trust status for
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, Wash-
ington, unless and until the tribe and the county reach a
legally enforceable agreement that addresses the financial
impact of new development on the county, school district,
fire district, and other local governments and the impact
on zoning and development.
SEC. 122. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used by the Department of the Interior to implement the
provisions of Principle 3(C)ii and Appendix section
3(B)(4) in Secretarial Order 3206, entitled ‘‘American In-
dian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities,
and the Endangered Species Act’’.
SEC. 123. 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
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to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water
levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
SEC. 124. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2001
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. 125. On the date of enactment, the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall continue consultation with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers to develop a comprehensive plan to eliminate
Caspian Tern nesting at Rice Island in the Columbia River
Estuary. The agencies shall develop a report on the signifi-
cance of tern predation in limiting salmon recovery and
their roles and recommendations for the Rice Island colony
relocation by March 31, 2001. This report shall address all
available options for successfully completing the Rice Island
colony relocation.
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the au-
thority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amended 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 reimbursement
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until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for
the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within
the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized
by Public Law 100–696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
SEC. 127. Section 112 of Public Law 103–138 (107
Stat. 1399) is amended by striking ‘‘permit LP–GLBA005–
93’’ and inserting ‘‘permit LP–GLBA005–93 and in con-
nection with a corporate reorganization plan, the entity
that, after the corporate reorganization, holds entry permit
CP–GLBA004–00 each’’.
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior shall designate Anchorage,
Alaska, as a port of entry for the purpose of section 9(f)(1)
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1538(f)(1)).
SEC. 129. (a) The first section of Public Law 92–501
(86 Stat. 904) is amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence ‘‘The park shall also include the land as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘subdivision of a portion of U.S.
Survey 407, Tract B, dated May 12, 2000’ ’’.
(b) Section 3 of Public Law 92–501 is amended to read
as follows: ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out the terms of this Act.’’.
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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, $221,966,000, to remain avail-
able 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 manage-
ment, cooperative forestry, and education and land con-
servation activities, $226,266,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized by law.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System,
$1,233,824,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during prior
fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and Water Con-
servation 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 2001 shall be displayed by extended budget line item
in the fiscal year 2002 budget justification: Provided fur-
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ther, That of the amount available for vegetation and water-
shed management, the Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of such sums as necessary to the Depart-
ment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management for re-
moval, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and
burros from National Forest System lands: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,000,000 shall be allocated to the Alaska Re-
gion, in addition to its normal allocation for the purposes
of preparing additional timber for sale, to establish a 3-
year timber supply and such funds may be transferred to
other appropriations accounts as necessary to maximize ac-
complishment: Provided further, That of funds available for
Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management, $400,000 shall be
provided to the State of Alaska for cooperative monitoring
activities, and of the funds provided for Forest Products,
$700,000 shall be provided to the State of Alaska for moni-
toring activities at Forest Service log transfer facilities,
both in the form of an advance, direct lump sum payment.
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 reha-
bilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and
water, $618,500,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such funds are available for repayment of
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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 reduction) at the
end of fiscal year 2000 shall be transferred, as repayment
for post 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 further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 of funds ap-
propriated under this appropriation may be used for Fire
Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science Pro-
gram: Provided further, That all authorities for the use of
funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coopera-
tive agreements, available to execute the Forest Service and
Rangeland Research appropriation, 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, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds shall be available only to the extent an
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official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that in-
cludes 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.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $448,312,000, to remain available until
expended for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and
acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for con-
struction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of forest
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16
U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided,
That $5,000,000 of the funds provided herein for roads shall
be for the purposes of section 502(e) of Public Law 15–83:
Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided herein for road maintenance shall be available for the
decommissioning 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’’ account
as well as any unobligated balances remaining in the ‘‘Na-
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tional Forest System’’ account for the facility maintenance
and trail maintenance extended budget line items may be
transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Capital Improvement
and Maintenance’’ 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 admin-
istrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters,
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority
applicable to the Forest Service, $76,320,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of the funds provided not less
than $5,000,000 but not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be made
available to Kake Tribal Corporation to implement the
Kake Tribal Corporation Land Transfer Act upon its enact-
ment into law.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries
of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah;
the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali-
fornia, as authorized by law, $1,068,000, to be derived from
forest receipts.
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from
funds deposited by State, county, or municipal govern-
ments, public school districts, or other public school authori-
ties pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic
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 expended, of
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, 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.
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR
SUBSISTENCE USES
SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT, FOREST SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage
federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII
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of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
(Public Law 96–487), $5,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to ex-
ceed 132 passenger motor vehicles of which 13 will be used
primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 129
shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger motor
vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; oper-
ation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to
exceed six for replacement only, and acquisition of sufficient
aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet
at 192 aircraft for use in Forest Service wildland fire pro-
grams 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) pur-
chase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public
improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, wa-
ters, and interests therein, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5)
for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National For-
est 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;
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and (7) for debt collection 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 admin-
istration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
without the consent of the House and Senate Committees
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 reha-
bilitation 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 appropriated emer-
gency contingent funds under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire
Management’’ have been released by the President and ap-
portioned.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall
be available to support forestry and related natural resource
activities outside the United States and its territories and
possessions, including technical assistance, education and
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training, and cooperation with United States and inter-
national organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provi-
sions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic 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 contained in House Re-
port No. 105–163.
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 Department
of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the For-
est Service.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available
to conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 for high
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps
as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended
by Public Law 93–408.
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Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with
the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest 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.
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 Federal
financial assistance to the National Forest Foundation,
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for
administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting Na-
tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service pro-
grams: 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 contributions to match on at
least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may trans-
fer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for a project
at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-
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Federal matching funds: Provided further, That hereafter,
the National Forest 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:
Provided further, That such investments 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,
$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 Federal fi-
nancial assistance, without regard to when expenses are in-
curred, for projects on or benefitting National Forest Sys-
tem lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided,
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 advanced 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.
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural develop-
ment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the
‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Capital Improvement and
Maintenance’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to ac-
tivities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for projects
on National Forest land in the State of Washington 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 administering projects. Project se-
lection and prioritization shall be accomplished by the For-
est Service with such consultation with the State of Wash-
ington 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 appro-
priate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as well
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as with public and other private agencies, organizations,
institutions, and individuals, to provide for the develop-
ment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of land,
facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey Towers
National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture
may prescribe, any such public or private agency, organiza-
tion, institution, or individual may solicit, accept, and ad-
minister private gifts of money and real or personal prop-
erty for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities
and services at the Grey Towers National Historic Land-
mark: Provided further, That such gifts may be accepted
notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts business
with the Department of Agriculture in any capacity.
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).
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 Agriculture, for
travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC as-
sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at
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meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur-
chase negotiations and similar non-litigation 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.
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 com-
mitments, indirect expenses, and any other category for use
of funds which are expended at any units, that are not di-
rectly related to the accomplishment of specific work on-
the-ground (referred to as ‘‘indirect expenditures’’), from
funds available to the Forest Service, unless otherwise pro-
hibited by law: Provided, That the Forest Service shall im-
plement and adhere to the definitions of indirect expendi-
tures established pursuant to Public Law 105–277 on a na-
tionwide basis without flexibility for modification by any
organizational level except the Washington Office, and when
changed by the Washington Office, such changes in defini-
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tion shall be reported in budget requests submitted by the
Forest Service: Provided further, That the Forest Service
shall provide in all future budget justifications, planned in-
direct expenditures in accordance with the definitions, sum-
marized 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 justification. The display shall include appropriated
funds and the Knutson-Vandenberg, Brush Disposal, Coop-
erative Work-Other, and Salvage Sale funds. Changes be-
tween estimated and actual indirect expenditures shall be
reported in subsequent budget justifications: Provided, That
during fiscal year 2001 the Secretary shall limit total an-
nual indirect obligations from the Brush Disposal, Coopera-
tive Work-Other, Knutson-Vandenberg, Reforestation, Sal-
vage 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 $750,000.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall pay $4,449 from
available funds to Joyce Liverca as reimbursement for var-
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ious expenses incurred as a Federal employee in connection
with certain high priority duties performed for the Forest
Service.
The Forest Service shall submit a report to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 1,
2001 indicating the anticipated timber offer level in fiscal
year 2001 with the funds provided in this Act: Provided,
That if the anticipated offer level is less than 3.6 billion
board feet, the agency shall submit a reprogramming re-
quest to attain this offer level by the close of fiscal year
2001.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $150,000
shall be made available in the form of an advanced, direct
lump sum payment to the Society of American Foresters
to support conservation education purposes in collaboration
with the Forest Service.
The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale
of excess buildings, facilities, and other properties owned
by the Forest Service and located on the Green Mountain
National Forest, the revenues of which shall be retained by
the Forest Service and available to the Secretary without
further appropriation and until expended for maintenance
and rehabilitation activities on the Green Mountain Na-
tional Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(DEFERRAL)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in prior years, $67,000,000 shall not be available
until October 1, 2001: Provided, That funds made available
in previous appropriations Acts shall be available for any
ongoing project regardless of the separate request for pro-
posal 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 of
the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law
95–91), including the acquisition of interest, including de-
feasible and equitable interests in any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion,
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations
and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and
disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social
and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603),
performed under the minerals and materials science pro-
grams at the Albany Research Center in Oregon
$413,338,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$12,000,000 for oil technology research shall be derived by
transfer from funds appropriated in prior years under the
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heading ‘‘Strategic Petroleum Reserve, SPR Petroleum Ac-
count’’: Provided, That no part of the sum herein made
available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explo-
sives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, That
up to 4 percent of program direction funds available to the
National Energy Technology Laboratory may be used to
support Department of Energy activities not included in
this account.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances under this heading,
$1,000,000 are rescinded.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts previously appropriated under this
heading, $7,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the re-
quirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to
fiscal year 2001 and any fiscal year thereafter: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be
available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-
tivities.
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND
For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment pay-
ments under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the
United States and the State of California on October 11,
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1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104–
106, $36,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2001
for payment to the State of California for the State Teach-
ers’ 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, $761,937,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
from unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy Develop-
ment account: Provided, That $172,000,000 shall be for use
in energy conservation programs as defined in 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: $138,000,000 for weatherization assist-
ance grants and $34,000,000 for State energy conservation
grants: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Energy may waive the
matching requirement for weatherization assistance pro-
vided for by Public Law 106–113 in whole or in part for
a State which he finds to be experiencing fiscal hardship
or major changes in energy markets or suppliers or other
temporary limitations on its ability to provide matching
funds, provided that the State is demonstrably engaged in
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continuing activities to secure non-federal resources and
that such waiver is limited to one fiscal year and that no
state may be granted such waiver more than twice: Pro-
vided further, That Indian tribal grantees of weatherization
assistance shall not be required to provide matching funds.
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 Reserve
facility development and operations and program manage-
ment activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.),
$157,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $74,000,000, 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.
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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 fi-
nance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs
unless specific provision is made for such programs in an
appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
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 retained by the Sec-
retary 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: Provided further, That the
remainder of revenues after the making of such payments
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That any contract, agreement, or provi-
sion thereof entered into by the Secretary pursuant to this
authority shall not be executed prior to the expiration of