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Union Calendar No. 308 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8262 
[Report No. 117–400] 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2022 
Ms. PINGREE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
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agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 
Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,416,126,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024; of which 
$79,345,000 for annual and deferred maintenance and 
$156,100,000 for the wild horse and burro program, as 
authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That amounts in the fee account of the BLM Permit Proc-
essing Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau- 
related expenses associated with the processing of oil and 
gas applications for permits to drill and related use of au-
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thorizations: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, up to $1,000,000 may be 
made available for the purposes described in section 
122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 115–31 (43 
U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)). 
In addition, $51,020,000, to remain available until 
expended, is for conducting oil and gas inspection activi-
ties, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau 
and credited to this appropriation from onshore oil and 
gas inspection fees that the Bureau shall collect, as pro-
vided for in this Act; and $39,696,000 is for Mining Law 
Administration program operations, including the cost of 
administering the mining claim fee program, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
lected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation 
from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that 
are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2023, so as to result 
in a final appropriation estimated at not more than 
$1,416,126,000 and $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, from communication site rental fees established 
by the Bureau for the cost of administering communica-
tion site activities. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
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ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $125,049,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im-
provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 
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from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-
ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con-
trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 
pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 
compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 
pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 
the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior 
to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands ad-
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ministered through the Bureau of Land Management 
which have been damaged by the action of a resource de-
veloper, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 
without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 
such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 
led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 
that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage 
to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 
used to repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-
lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 
may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-
praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 
under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 
remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimburs-
able agreements with public and private entities, including 
with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-
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porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 
the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 
exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-
operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 
or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identi-
fied amount of money in support of the project may be 
carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
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performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,649,753,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed 
$25,946,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 
petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu-
lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
described 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), 
or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)) of such section. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $32,904,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts are 
available for the modernization of field communication ca-
pabilities, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purpose. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$24,564,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-
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rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva-
tion Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.), $5,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-
servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
et seq.), $25,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
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the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 
manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 
which the land area of such State bears to the total land 
area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is 
based on the ratio to which the population of such State 
bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 
further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 
be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 
for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 
grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 
such projects and the Federal share of implementation 
grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of 
such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 
share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 
grant programs: Provided further, That any amount ap-
portioned in 2023 to any State, territory, or other jurisdic-
tion that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2024, 
shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 
in 2025, in the manner provided herein. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each op-
tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 
conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-
ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 
the Service and to which the United States has title, and 
which are used pursuant to law in connection with man-
agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service 
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may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-
proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 
such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-
ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the second proviso 
under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice–Resource Management’’ in title I of division E of Pub-
lic Law 112–74 (16 U.S.C. 742l–1) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’ and striking ‘‘$400,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
$3,089,856,000, of which $11,661,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $135,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha-
bilitation 
projects 
for 
constructed 
assets 
and 
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$188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con-
structed assets and cultural resources and $5,000,000 for 
uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United 
States Code shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 
5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 9 of the 400 Years of African-American 
History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public 
Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading shall be made available for the purposes spec-
ified by that Act: Provided further, That sections (7)(b) 
and (8) of that Act shall be amended by striking ‘‘July 
1, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2024’’. 
In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 
of Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount de-
posited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical 
Services Fund established pursuant to such section of 
such Act, to remain available until expended, shall be de-
rived from such Fund. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
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not otherwise provided for, $88,243,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $170,825,000, to be derived 
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, of which $26,500,000 shall 
be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 
of nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as 
authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 
That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 
be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 
individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro-
vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 
with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 
Historic Preservation Fund, $1,250,000 is for competitive 
grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the 
National Register of Historic Places and as National His-
toric Landmarks associated with communities currently 
under-represented, as determined by the Secretary; 
$26,750,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 
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