reimburse Trinity County for expenses incurred as part
of the July 2, 1999 Lowden Fire.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the department pursuant to section 107
or 113(f ) of such Act, shall be credited to this account
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,425,000, to
remain available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907),
$135,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less
than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $15,500,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
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; $99,225,000, 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 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose
of planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber
sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities
such as release from competing vegetation and density
control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined
as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the
counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–
1 et seq., and Public Law 103–66) derived from treat-
ments funded by this account shall be deposited into the
Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
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. 1701),
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.
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department 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, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary 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 to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion 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 the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure 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.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, con-
servation, management, investigations, protection, and
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
general administration, and for the performance of other
authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $716,046,000, to remain available until September
30, 2001, except as otherwise provided herein, of which
$11,701,000 shall remain available until expended for op-
eration and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities
constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower
Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water
Resources Development Act of 1976, to compensate for
loss of fishery resources from water development projects
on the Lower Snake River, and of which not less than
$2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in
southern California for planning associated with the Nat-
ural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) pro-
gram and shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation
Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as
amended: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,232,000
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c),
and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as
amended, for species that are indigenous to the United
States (except for processing petitions, developing and
issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any
other steps to implement actions described in subsection
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii): Provided further,
That of the amount available for law enforcement, up to
$400,000 to remain available until expended, may at the
discretion of the Secretary, be used for payment for infor-
mation, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws
administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000
may remain available until expended for contaminant sam-
ple analyses: Provided further, That hereafter, all fines col-
lected by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for
violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16
U.S.C. 1362–1407) and implementing regulations shall be
available to the Secretary, without further appropriation,
to be used for the expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service in administering activities for the protec-
tion and recovery of manatees, polar bears, sea otters, and
walruses, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, sums provided
by private entities for activities pursuant to reimbursable
agreements shall be credited to the ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’ account and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That, heretofore and hereafter, in car-
rying out work under reimbursable agreements with any
State, local, or tribal government, the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service may, without regard to 31 U.S.C.
1341 and notwithstanding any other provision of law or
regulation, record obligations against accounts receivable
from such entities, and shall credit amounts received from
such entities to this appropriation, such credit to occur
within 90 days of the date of the original request by the
Service for payment: Provided further, That all funds re-
ceived by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from
responsible parties, heretofore and hereafter, for site-spe-
cific damages to National Wildlife Refuge System lands
resulting from the exercise of privately-owned oil and gas
rights associated with such lands in the States of Lou-
isiana and Texas (other than damages recoverable under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion and Liability Act (26 U.S.C. 4611 et seq.), the Oil
Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), or section 311 of
the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1321 et seq.)), shall be
available to the Secretary, without further appropriation
and until expended to: (1) complete damage assessments
of the impacted site by the Secretary; (2) mitigate or re-
store the damaged resources; and (3) monitor and study
the recovery of such damaged resources.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; $54,583,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a single procurement for the construction of
facilities at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
may be issued which includes the full scope of the project:
Provided further, That the solicitation and the contract
shall contain the clauses ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at
48 CFR 52.232.18.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
$50,513,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), as amended, $23,000,000, to be derived from the
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and
to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, as amended, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation
and Appreciation Fund, $800,000, 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. 4201–4203, 4211–
4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96; 16
U.S.C. 4261–4266), and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Con-
servation 
Act 
of 
1994 
(16 
U.S.C. 
5301–5306),
$2,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That funds made available under this Act, Public Law
105–277, and Public Law 105–83 for rhinoceros, tiger,
and Asian elephant conservation programs are exempt
from any sanctions imposed against any country under
section 102 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2799aa–1).
COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHERY CAPACITY REDUCTION
For the Federal share of a capacity reduction pro-
gram to repurchase Washington State Fraser River Sock-
eye commercial fishery licenses consistent with the imple-
mentation of the ‘‘June 30, 1999, Agreement of the
United States and Canada on the Treaty Between the
Government of the United States and the Government of
Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, 1985’’, $5,000,000,
to remain available until expended, and to be provided in
the form of a grant directly to the State of Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 70 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 61 are for replacement only (including 36 for police-
type use); 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
$1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment of aquaria, 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 management and investigation of fish and wildlife re-
sources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least
one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for
existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior
may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used
in the establishment of any new unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in ad-
vance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in Senate Report 105–56.
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 (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion 
Corps 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
1706,
$1,365,059,000, of which $8,800,000 is for research,
planning and interagency coordination in support of land
acquisition for Everglades restoration shall remain avail-
able until expended, and of which not to exceed
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, is to be
derived from the special fee account established pursuant
to title V, section 5201 of Public Law 100–203.
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, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, $53,899,000, of which $2,000,000
shall be available to carry out the Urban Park and Recre-
ation Recovery Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), and
of which $866,000 shall be available until expended for
the Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust, notwith-
standing 7(1) of Public Law 105–58: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the National
Park Service may hereafter recover all fees derived from
providing necessary review services associated with his-
toric preservation tax certification, and such funds shall
be available until expended without further appropriation
for the costs of such review services: Provided further,
That no more than $150,000 may be used for overhead
and program administrative expenses for the heritage
partnership program.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $75,212,000, to be
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, of which $10,722,000
pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount provided, $30,000,000 shall be for Save America’s
Treasures for priority preservation projects, including
preservation of intellectual and cultural artifacts, preser-
vation of historic structures and sites, and buildings to
house cultural and historic resources and to provide edu-
cational opportunities: Provided further, That any indi-
vidual Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched
by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual
projects shall only be eligible for one grant, and all
projects to be funded shall be approved by the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to the com-
mitment of grant funds: Provided further, That Save
America’s Treasures funds allocated for Federal projects
shall be available by transfer to appropriate accounts of
individual agencies, after approval of such projects by the
Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided for Save America’s Treasures may be
used for administrative expenses, and staffing for the pro-
gram shall be available from the existing staffing levels
in the National Park Service.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $225,493,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $885,000 shall
be for realignment of the Denali National Park entrance
road, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be available
for modifications to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memo-
rial: Provided, That $3,000,000 for the Wheeling National
Heritage Area, $3,000,000 for the Lincoln Library, and
$3,000,000 for the Southwest Pennsylvania Heritage Area
shall be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pur-
suant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided further, That the Na-
tional Park Service will make available 37 percent, not to
exceed $1,850,000, of the total cost of upgrading the
Mariposa County, California municipal solid waste dis-
posal system: Provided further, That Mariposa County will
provide assurance that future use fees paid by the Na-
tional Park Service will be reflective of the capital con-
tribution made by the National Park Service.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2000
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C.
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to
the National Park Service, $120,700,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended, of which $21,000,000 is for the
State assistance program including $1,000,000 to admin-
ister the State assistance program, and of which
$10,000,000 may be for State grants for land acquisition
in the State of Florida: Provided, That funds provided for
State grants for land acquisition in the State of Florida
are contingent upon the following: (1) submission of de-
tailed legislative language to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations agreed to by the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of the Army and the Governor
of Florida that would provide assurances for the guaran-
teed supply of water to the natural areas in southern Flor-
ida, including all National parks, Preserves, Wildlife Ref-
uge lands, and other natural areas to ensure a restored
ecosystem; and (2) submission of a complete prioritized
non-Federal land acquisition project list: Provided further,
That after the requirements under this heading have been
met, from the funds made available for State grants for
land acquisition in the State of Florida the Secretary may
provide Federal assistance to the State of Florida for the
acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, within
the Everglades watershed (consisting of lands and waters
within the boundaries of the South Florida Water Man-
agement District, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys, in-
cluding the areas known as the Frog Pond, the Rocky
Glades and the Eight and One-Half Square Mile Area)
under terms and conditions deemed necessary by the Sec-
retary to improve and restore the hydrological function of
the Everglades watershed: Provided further, That funds
provided under this heading to the State of Florida are
contingent upon new matching non-Federal funds by the
State and shall be subject to an agreement that the lands
to be acquired will be managed in perpetuity for the res-
toration of the Everglades: Provided further, That of the
amount provided herein $2,000,000 shall be made avail-
able by the National Park Service, pursuant to a grant
agreement, to the State of Wisconsin so that the State
may acquire land or interest in land for the Ice Age Na-
tional Scenic Trail: Provided further, That of the amount
provided herein $500,000 shall be made available by the
National Park Service, pursuant to a grant agreement, to
the State of Wisconsin so that the State may acquire land
or interest in land for the North Country National Scenic
Trail: Provided further, That funds provided under this
heading to the State of Wisconsin are contingent upon
matching funds by the State.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 384 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 298 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 312 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to oper-
ating units based on the safety record of each unit the
costs of programs designed to improve workplace and em-
ployee safety, and to encourage employees receiving work-
ers’ compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title
5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions
for which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology,
and the mineral and water resources of the United States,
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and dis-
seminate data relative to the foregoing activities; and to
conduct inquiries into the economic conditions affecting
mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3,
21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes
as authorized by law and to publish and disseminate data;
$823,833,000, of which $60,856,000 shall be available
only for cooperation with States or municipalities for
water resources investigations; and of which $16,400,000
shall remain available until expended for conducting in-
quiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and
materials processing industries; and of which $2,000,000
shall remain available until expended for ongoing develop-
ment of a mineral and geologic data base; and of which
$137,604,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001
for the biological research activity and the operation of
the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of
these funds provided for the biological research activity
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property,
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property
owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of
topographic mapping or water resources data collection
and investigations carried on in cooperation with States
and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; con-
tracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for
the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys
when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities;
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee
on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses
of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to
represent the United States in the negotiation and admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey
may hereafter contract directly with individuals or indi-
rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without
regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
sidered employees for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81
of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not
be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only; $110,682,000, of which
$84,569,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $124,000,000, to
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service over and above the rates in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Con-
tinental Shelf administrative activities established after
September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the extent
$124,000,000 in additions to receipts are not realized
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount
needed to reach $124,000,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5,
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for rea-
sonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and
marine cleanup activities: Provided further, 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 Direc-
tor of the Minerals Management Service concurred with
the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian
allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erro-
neous payments: Provided further, That not to exceed
$198,000 shall be available to carry out the requirements
of section 215(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1999.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for
replacement only; $95,891,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in
fiscal year 2000 for civil penalties assessed under section
518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely af-
fected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977,
Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $196,208,000, to be derived from receipts of
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain
available until expended; of which up to $8,000,000, to
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund,
shall be for supplemental grants to States for the reclama-
tion of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from
coal mines, and for associated activities, through the Ap-
palachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State
in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds
herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the
emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public
Law 95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 per-
cent shall be used for emergency reclamation projects in
any one State and funds for federally administered emer-
gency reclamation projects under this proviso shall not ex-
ceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year unob-
ligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation
program shall not be subject to the 25 percent limitation
per State and may be used without fiscal year limitation
for emergency projects: Provided further, That pursuant
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of
the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public
Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act:
Provided further, That, in addition to the amount granted
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under sections
402(g)(1) and 402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act (Act), an additional $300,000 will
be specifically used for the purpose of conducting a dem-
onstration project in accordance with section 401(c)(6) of
the Act to determine the efficacy of improving water qual-
ity by removing metals from eligible waters polluted by
acid mine drainage: Provided further, That the State of
Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10
percent of the total of the grants made available to the
State under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231
et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an acid
mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established
under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount (to-
gether with all interest earned on the amount) is expended
by the State to undertake acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment projects, except that before any amounts
greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are deposited
in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund,
the State of Maryland must first complete all Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one projects.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.),
as amended, $1,670,444,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001 except as otherwise provided herein,
of which not to exceed $93,684,000 shall be for welfare
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed
$120,229,000 shall be available for payments to tribes and
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or
during fiscal year 2000, as authorized by such Act, except
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing
contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agree-
ments and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and up to
$5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determination
Fund which shall be available for the transitional cost of
initial or expanded tribal contracts, grants, compacts or
cooperative agreements with the Bureau under such Act;
and of which not to exceed $401,010,000 for school oper-
ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education
programs shall become available on July 1, 2000, and
shall remain available until September 30, 2001; and of
which not to exceed $56,991,000 shall remain available
until expended for housing improvement, road mainte-
nance, attorney fees, litigation support, self-governance
grants, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records
improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008,
not to exceed $42,160,000 within and only from such
amounts made available for school operations shall be
available to tribes and tribal organizations for administra-
tive cost grants associated with the operation of Bureau-
funded schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds
allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of Sep-
tember 30, 2001, may be transferred during fiscal year
2002 to an Indian forest land assistance account estab-
lished for the benefit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust
fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated
balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30,
2002.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities,
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $169,884,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may
be used to cover the road program management costs of
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2000, in implementing
new construction or facilities improvement and repair
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to
tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100–
297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR
part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further,
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications,
the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or
tribal organization would be deficient in assuring that the
construction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f ): Provided further, That
any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con-
cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e): Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, collections from the
settlements between the United States and the Puyallup
tribe concerning Chief Leschi school are made available
for school construction in fiscal year 2000 and hereafter.
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,
$27,256,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$25,260,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 101–618 and 102–575, and for implemen-
tation of other enacted water rights settlements; and of
which $1,871,000 shall be available pursuant to Public
Laws 99–264, 100–383, 103–402 and 100–580.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$59,682,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $508,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts,
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guar-
antee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of
exhibits, and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger
motor vehicles, of which not to exceed 187 shall be for
replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations or pooled overhead general administration (ex-
cept facilities operations and maintenance) shall be avail-
able for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the
Tribal Self-Governance 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 for
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that
tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be-
tween the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s abil-
ity to access future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, 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.
Appropriations made available in this or any other
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995. 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 1146 of the Education Amendments
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), 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 be-
fore September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during
that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
reau 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 pro-
grams 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 oper-
ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of
title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the
‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’). Not later than June 15,
2000, the Secretary of the Interior shall evaluate the effec-
tiveness of Bureau-funded schools sharing facilities with
charter schools in the manner described in the preceding
sentence and prepare and submit a report on the finding
of that evaluation to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and of the House.
The Tate Topa Tribal School, the Black Mesa Com-
munity School, the Alamo Navajo School, and other Bu-
reau-funded schools subject to the approval of the Sec-
retary of the Interior, may use prior year school operations
funds for the replacement or repair of Bureau of Indian
Affairs education facilities which are in compliance with
25 U.S.C. 2005(a) and which shall be eligible for oper-
ation and maintenance support to the same extent as
other Bureau of Indian Affairs education facilities: Pro-
vided, That any additional construction costs for replace-
ment or repair of such facilities begun with prior year
funds shall be completed exclusively with non-Federal
funds.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$70,171,000, of which: (1) $66,076,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; 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 (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $4,095,000 shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insu-
lar Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the
territorial and local governments herein provided for, in-
cluding such transactions of all agencies or instrumental-
ities established or used by such governments, may be au-
dited by the General Accounting 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 Representa-
tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–
134: Provided further, That Public Law 94–241, as
amended, is further amended: (1) in section 4(b) by strik-
ing ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’ and by striking the
comma after ‘‘$11,000,000 annually’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘and for fiscal year 2000, payments to the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be
$5,580,000, but shall return to the level of $11,000,000
annually for fiscal years 2001 and 2002. In fiscal year
2003, the payment to the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands shall be $5,420,000. Such payments shall
be’’; and (2) in section (4)(c) by adding a new subsection
as follows: ‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2000, $5,420,000 shall be
provided to the Virgin Islands for correctional facilities
and other projects mandated by Federal law.’’: Provided
further, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant
to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the
funds for the program of operations and maintenance im-
provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op-
erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and the Federated States of Micronesia through assess-
ments of long-range operations maintenance needs, im-
proved capability of local operations and maintenance in-
stitutions and agencies (including management and voca-
tional education training), and project-specific mainte-
nance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to
be determined by the Secretary based on the individual
territory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its cap-
ital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for
disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or pre-
vious 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).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$20,545,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $62,864,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$40,196,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $26,086,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $90,025,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2000, 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 notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has
been a loss: 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
18 months and has a balance of $1.00 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.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PILOT
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a pilot program for consolida-
tion of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct ex-
penditure or cooperative agreement, $5,000,000 to remain
available until expended and which shall be transferred to
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, of which not to exceed
$500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses:
Provided, That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative
agreement, which shall not be subject to Public Law 93–
638, as amended, with a tribe having jurisdiction over the
pilot reservation to implement the program to acquire
fractional interests on behalf of such tribe: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may develop a reservation-wide
system for establishing the fair market value of various
types of lands and improvements to govern the amounts
offered for acquisition of fractional interests: Provided fur-
ther, That acquisitions shall be limited to one or more pilot
reservations as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That funds shall be available for acquisition of frac-
tional interest in trust or restricted lands with the consent
of its owners and at fair market value, and the Secretary
shall hold in trust for such tribe all interests acquired pur-
suant to this pilot program: Provided further, That all pro-
ceeds from any lease, resource sale contract, right-of-way
or other transaction derived from the fractional interest
shall be credited to this appropriation, and remain avail-
able until expended, until the purchase price paid by the
Secretary under this appropriation has been recovered
from such proceeds: Provided further, That once the pur-
chase price has been recovered, all subsequent proceeds
shall be managed by the Secretary for the benefit of the
applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and
Public Law 101–337, $5,400,000, to remain available
until expended.
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: Pro-
vided 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 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 are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental 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 pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; 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 fire suppression
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for
emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority
until funds appropriated to ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’
shall have been exhausted: Provided further, 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 Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested 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.
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 sec-
tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and for services rendered may be cred-
ited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements 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
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized 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 mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts 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 off-
shore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related
activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the
final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 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
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)
may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur-
poses 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 guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual
(or other) funds registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli-
gations of the United States or securities that are
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
tion of the funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 112. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bu-
reau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay
under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary
of the Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance
pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid sever-
ance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by
the Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any
repayment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to con-
tinue health benefits after separation shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for
18 months the remaining portion of required contribu-
tions.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for
training to assist Helium Operations employees in the
transition to other Federal or private sector jobs during
the facility shut-down and disposition process and for up
to 12 months following separation from Federal employ-
ment, including retraining and relocation incentives on the
same terms and conditions as authorized for employees of
the Department of Defense in section 348 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
(d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration pro-
visions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium
production and sales, and other related Helium Program
activities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public
business under, and annual leave that is lost during leave
years 1997 through 2001 because of 5 U.S.C. 6304 (re-
gardless of whether such leave was scheduled in advance)
shall be restored to the employee and shall be credited and
available in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual
leave so restored and remaining unused upon the transfer
of a Helium Program employee to a position of the execu-
tive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liq-
uidated by payment to the employee of a lump sum from
the Helium Fund for such leave.
(e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the
Helium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made
available to Helium Program employees who are or will
be separated before October 1, 2002 because of the ces-
sation of helium production and sales and other related
activities. Retraining benefits, including retraining and re-
location incentives, may be paid for retraining com-
mencing on or before September 30, 2002.
(f ) This section shall remain in effect through fiscal
year 2002.
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, hereafter funds avail-
able to the Department of the Interior for Indian self-de-
termination or self-governance contract or grant support
costs may be expended only for costs directly attributable
to contracts, grants and compacts pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act of 1975 and hereafter funds ap-
propriated in this title shall not be available for any con-
tract support costs or indirect costs associated with any
contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-governance
compact or funding agreement entered into between an In-
dian tribe or tribal organization and any entity other than
an agency of the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 114. 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 appro-
priate to that unit.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the Secretary is
authorized to permit persons, firms or organizations en-
gaged in commercial, cultural, educational, or recreational
activities (as defined in section 612a of title 40, United
States Code) not currently occupying such space to use
courtyards, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and other space
of the main and south Interior building complex, Wash-
ington, D.C., the maintenance, operation, and protection
of which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Ad-
ministrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and to
assess reasonable charges therefore, subject to such proce-
dures as the Secretary deems appropriate for such uses.
Charges may be for the space, utilities, maintenance, re-
pair, and other services. Charges for such space and serv-
ices may be at rates equivalent to the prevailing commer-
cial rate for comparable space and services devoted to a
similar purpose in the vicinity of the main and south Inte-
rior building complex, Washington, D.C., for which
charges are being assessed. The Secretary may without
further appropriation hold, administer, and use such pro-
ceeds within the Departmental Management Working
Capital Fund to offset the operation of the buildings under
his jurisdiction, whether delegated or otherwise, and for
related purposes, until expended.
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Steel Industry American Heritage Area, author-
ized by Public Law 104–333, is hereby renamed the Rivers
of Steel National Heritage Area.
SEC. 117. (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
(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 Ceme-
tery 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 Wyan-
dotte County, Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the
ground on August 15, 1888, by William Millor, Civil Engi-
neer 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
beginning’;
‘‘Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and
18 links;
‘‘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’,
containing 2 acres or more.’’.
SEC. 118. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the De-
partment of the Interior’s charge card programs may be
deposited 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 ini-
tiatives of general benefit to the Department of the Inte-
rior’s bureaus and offices as determined by the Secretary
or his designee.
SEC. 119. 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
to the Trust Management Improvement Project High
Level Implementation Plan.
SEC. 120. All properties administered by the National
Park Service at Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recre-
ation Area, and leases, concessions, permits and other
agreements associated with those properties, hereafter
shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments,
except sales tax, by the State of California and its political
subdivisions, including the County of Marin and the City
of Sausalito. Such areas of Fort Baker shall remain under
exclusive Federal jurisdiction.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to sec-
tion 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40
U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, association, organi-
zation, 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 proceeds of the agreements or leases shall be
retained by the Secretary and such proceeds shall be avail-
able, without future appropriation, for the preservation,
restoration, operation, maintenance and interpretation
and related expenses incurred with respect to Fort Baker
properties.
SEC. 122. Section 211(d) of division I of the Omnibus
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4110; 16 U.S.C. 81p) is amended
by striking ‘‘depicted on the map dated August 1993,
numbered 333/80031A,’’ and inserting ‘‘depicted on the
map dated August 1996, numbered 333/80031B,’’.
SEC. 123. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or
is transferred) during fiscal year 2000 shall be renewed
under section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or
if applicable, section 510 of the California Desert Protec-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50). The terms and condi-
tions contained in the expiring permit or lease shall con-
tinue in effect under the new permit or lease until such
time as the Secretary of the Interior completes processing
of such permit or lease in compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations, at which time such permit or lease
may be canceled, 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 Secretary’s statutory authority.
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian pro-
bate cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing
requirements 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 with-
out 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 Secretary may only appoint such In-
dian probate judges if, by January 1, 2000, the Secretary
is unable to secure the services of at least 10 qualified
Administrative Law Judges on a temporary basis from
other agencies and/or through appointing retired Adminis-
trative Law Judges: Provided further, That the basic pay
of an Indian probate judge so appointed may be fixed by
the Secretary without regard to the provisions of chapter
51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United
States Code, governing the classification and pay of Gen-
eral Schedule employees, except that no such Indian pro-
bate judge may be paid at a level which exceeds the max-
imum rate payable for the highest grade of the General
Schedule, including locality pay.
SEC. 125. (a) LOAN TO BE GRANTED.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior (hereinafter the ‘‘Secretary’’), in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
make available to the Government of American Samoa
(hereinafter ‘‘ASG’’), the benefits of a loan in the amount
of $18,600,000 bearing interest at a rate equal to the
United States Treasury cost of borrowing for obligations
of similar duration. Repayment of the loan shall be se-
cured and accomplished pursuant to this section with
funds, as they become due and payable to ASG from the
Escrow Account established under the terms and condi-
tions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (and
the subsequent Enforcing Consent Decree) (hereinafter
collectively referred to as ‘‘the Agreement’’) entered into
by the parties November 23, 1998, and judgment granted
by the High Court of American Samoa on January 5,
1999 (Civil Action 119–98, American Samoa Government
v. Philip Morris Tobacco Co., et. al.).
(b) CONDITIONS REGARDING LOAN PROCEEDS.—Ex-
cept as provided under subsection (e), no proceeds of the
loan described in this section shall become available until
ASG—
(1) has enacted legislation, or has taken such
other or additional official action as the Secretary
may deem satisfactory to secure and ensure repay-
ment of the loan, irrevocably transferring and as-
signing for payment to the Department of the Inte-
rior (or to the Department of the Treasury, upon
agreement between the Secretaries of such depart-
ments) all amounts due and payable to ASG under
the terms and conditions of the Agreement for a pe-
riod of 26 years with the first payment beginning in
2000, such repayment to be further secured by a
pledge of the full faith and credit of ASG;
(2) has entered into an agreement or memo-
randum of understanding described in subsection (c)
with the Secretary identifying with specificity the
manner in which approximately $14,300,000 of the
loan proceeds will be used to pay debts of ASG in-
curred prior to April 15, 1999; and
(3) has provided to the Secretary an initial plan
of fiscal and managerial reform as described in sub-
section (d) designed to bring the ASG’s annual oper-
ating expenses into balance with projected revenues
for the years 2003 and beyond, and identifying the
manner in which approximately $4,300,000 of the
loan proceeds will be utilized to facilitate implemen-
tation of the plan.
(c) PROCEDURE AND PRIORITIES FOR DEBT PAY-
MENTS.—
(1) In structuring the agreement or memo-
randum of understanding identified in subsection
(b)(2), the ASG and the Secretary shall include pro-
visions, which create priorities for the payment of
creditors in the following order—
(A) debts incurred for services, supplies,
facilities, equipment and materials directly con-
nected with the provision of health, safety and
welfare functions for the benefit of the general
population of American Samoa (including, but
not limited to, health care, fire and police pro-
tection, educational programs grades K–12, and
utility services for facilities belonging to or uti-
lized by ASG and its agencies), wherein the
creditor agrees to compromise and settle the ex-
isting debt for a payment not exceeding 75 per-
cent of the amount owed, shall be given the
highest priority for payment from the loan pro-
ceeds under this section;
(B) debts not exceeding a total amount of
$200,000 owed to a single provider and in-
curred for any legitimate governmental purpose
for the benefit of the general population of
American Samoa, wherein the creditor agrees to
compromise and settle the existing debt for a
payment not exceeding 70 percent of the
amount owed, shall be given the second highest
priority for payment from the loan proceeds
under this section;
(C) debts exceeding a total amount of
$200,000 owed to a single provider and in-
curred for any legitimate governmental purpose
for the benefit of the general population of
American Samoa, wherein the creditor agrees to
compromise and settle the existing debt for a
payment not exceeding 65 percent of the
amount owed, shall be given the third highest
priority for payment from the loan proceeds
under this section;
(D) other debts regardless of total amount
owed or purpose for which incurred, wherein
the creditor agrees to compromise and settle the
existing debt for a payment not exceeding 60
percent of the amount owed, shall be given the
fourth highest priority for payment from the
loan proceeds under this section;
(E) debts described in subparagraphs (A),
(B), (C), and (D) of this paragraph, wherein
the creditor declines to compromise and settle
the debt for the percentage of the amount owed
as specified under the applicable subparagraph,
shall be given the lowest priority for payment
from the loan proceeds under this section.
(2) The agreement described in subsection
(b)(2) shall also generally provide a framework
whereby the Governor of American Samoa shall,
from time-to-time, be required to give 10 business
days notice to the Secretary that ASG will make
payment in accordance with this section to specified
creditors and the amount which will be paid to each
of such creditors. Upon issuance of payments in ac-
cordance with the notice, the Governor shall imme-
diately confirm such payments to the Secretary, and
the Secretary shall within three business days fol-
lowing receipt of such confirmation transfer from
the loan proceeds an amount sufficient to reimburse
ASG for the payments made to creditors.
(3) The agreement may contain such other pro-
visions as are mutually agreeable, and which are cal-
culated to simplify and expedite the payment of ex-
isting debt under this section and ensure the great-
est level of compromise and settlement with creditors
in order to maximize the retirement of ASG debt.
(d) FISCAL AND MANAGERIAL REFORM PROGRAM.—
(1) The initial plan of fiscal and managerial re-
form, designed to bring ASG’s annual operating ex-
penses into balance with projected revenues for the
years 2003 and beyond as required under subsection
(b)(3), should identify specific measures which will
be implemented by ASG to accomplish such goal, the
anticipated reduction in government operating ex-
pense which will be achieved by each measure, and
should include a timetable for attainment of each re-
form measure identified therein.
(2) The initial plan should also identify with
specificity the manner in which approximately
$4,300,000 of the loan proceeds will be utilized to
assist in meeting the reform plan’s targets within
the timetable specified through the use of incentives
for early retirement, severance pay packages,
outsourcing services, or any other expenditures for
program elements reasonably calculated to result in
reduced future operating expenses for ASG on a
long term basis.
(3) Upon receipt of the initial plan, the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Governor of American
Samoa, and shall make any recommendations
deemed reasonable and prudent to ensure the goals
of reform are achieved. The reform plan shall con-
tain objective criteria that can be documented by a
competent third party, mutually agreeable to the
Governor and the Secretary. The plan shall include
specific targets for reducing the amounts of ASG
local revenues expended on government payroll and
overhead (including contracts for consulting serv-
ices), and may include provisions which allow modest
increases in support of the LBJ Hospital Authority
reasonably calculated to assist the Authority imple-
ment reforms which will lead to an independent
audit indicating annual expenditures at or below an-
nual Authority receipts.
(4) The Secretary shall enter into an agreement
with the Governor similar to that specified in sub-
section (c)(2) of this section, enabling ASG to make
payments as contemplated in the reform plan and
then to receive reimbursement from the Secretary
out of the portion of loan proceeds allocated for the
implementation of fiscal reforms.
(5) Within 60 days following receipt of the ini-
tial plan, the Secretary shall approve an interim
final plan reasonably calculated to make substantial
progress toward overall reform. The Secretary shall
provide copies of the plan, and any subsequent modi-
fications, to the House Committee on Resources, the
House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee
on the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies, the Senate Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Ap-
propriations Subcommittee on the Department of
the Interior and Related Agencies.
(6) From time-to-time as deemed necessary, the
Secretary shall consult further with the Governor of
American Samoa, and shall approve such mutually
agreeable modifications to the interim final plan as
circumstances warrant in order to achieve the overall
goals of ASG fiscal and managerial reforms.
(e) RELEASE OF LOAN PROCEEDS.—From the total
proceeds of the loan described in this section, the Sec-
retary shall make available—
(1) upon compliance by ASG with paragraphs
(b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section and in accordance
with subsection (c), approximately $14,300,000 in
reimbursements as requested from time-to-time by
the Governor for payments to creditors;
(2) upon compliance by ASG with paragraphs
(b)(1) and (b)(3) of this section and in accordance
with subsection (d), approximately $4,300,000 in re-
imbursements as requested from time-to-time by the
Governor for payments associated with implementa-
tion of the interim final reform plan; and
(3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of
this subsection, at any time the Secretary and the
Governor mutually determine that the amount nec-
essary to fund payments under paragraph (2) will
total less than $4,300,000 then the Secretary may
approve the amount of any unused portion of such
sum for additional payments against ASG debt
under paragraph (1).
(f ) EXCEPTION.— Proceeds from the loan under this
section shall be used solely for the purposes of debt pay-
ments and reform plan implementation as specified herein,
except that the Secretary may provide an amount equal
to not more than 2 percent of the total loan proceeds for
the purpose of retaining the services of an individual or
business entity to provide direct assistance and manage-
ment expertise in carrying out the purposes of this section.
Such individual or business entity shall be mutually agree-
able to the Governor and the Secretary, may not be a cur-
rent or former employee of, or contractor for, and may
not be a creditor of ASG. Notwithstanding the preceding
two sentences, the Governor and the Secretary may agree
to also retain the services of any semi-autonomous agency
of ASG which has established a record of sound manage-
ment and fiscal responsibility, as evidenced by audited fi-
nancial reports for at least three of the past 5 years, to
coordinate with and assist any individual or entity re-
tained under this subsection.
(g) CONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of this section
are expressly applicable only to the utilization of proceeds
from the loan described in this section, and nothing herein
shall be construed to relieve ASG from any lawful debt
or obligation except to the extent a creditor shall volun-
tarily enter into an arms length agreement to compromise
and settle outstanding amounts under subsection (c).
(h) TERMINATION.—The payment of debt and the
payments associated with implementation of the interim
final reform plan shall be completed not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2003. On such date, any unused loan proceeds to-
taling $1,000,000 or less shall be transferred by the Sec-
retary directly to ASG. If the amount of unused loan pro-
ceeds exceeds $1,000,000, then such amount shall be cred-
ited to the total of loan repayments specified in paragraph
(b)(1). With approval of the Secretary, ASG may des-
ignate additional payments from time-to-time from funds
available from any source, without regard to the original
purpose of such funds.
SEC. 126. The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service and in consultation with the Director of the
National Park Service, shall undertake the necessary ac-
tivities to designate Midway Atoll as a National Memorial
to the Battle of Midway. In pursuing such a designation
the Secretary shall consult with organizations with an in-
terest in Midway Atoll. The Secretary shall consult on a
regular basis with such organizations, including the Inter-
national Midway Memorial Foundation, Inc. on the man-
agement of the National Memorial.
SEC. 127. 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 tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10
percent in fiscal year 2000. Under circumstances of dual
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not
apply.
SEC. 128. None of the Funds provided in this Act
shall be available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the
Department of the Interior to transfer land into trust sta-
tus for the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County,
Washington, 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. 129. 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. 130. Of the funds appropriated in title V of the
Fiscal Year 1998 Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
priation Act, Public Law 105–83, the Secretary shall pro-
vide up to $2,000,000 in the form of a grant to the Fair-
banks North Star Borough for acquisition of undeveloped
parcels along the banks of the Chena River for the purpose
of establishing an urban greenbelt within the Borough.
The Secretary shall further provide from the funds appro-
priated in title V up to $1,000,000 in the form of a grant
to the Municipality of Anchorage for the acquisition of ap-
proximately 34 acres of wetlands adjacent to a municipal
park in Anchorage (the Jewel Lake Wetlands).
SEC. 131. FUNDING FOR THE OTTAWA NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE
AND CERTAIN PROJECTS
IN
THE
STATE OF OHIO. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, from the unobligated balances appropriated for a
grant to the State of Ohio for the acquisition of the How-
ard Farm near Metzger Marsh, Ohio—
(1) $500,000 shall be derived by transfer and
made available for the acquisition of land in the Ot-
tawa National Wildlife Refuge;
(2) $302,000 shall be derived by transfer and
made available for the Dayton Aviation Heritage
Commission, Ohio; and
(3) $198,000 shall be derived by transfer and
made available for a grant to the State of Ohio for
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Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), section 9701 of title
31, United States Code, and section 110(g) of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h–2(g)).
(c) USE OF RETAINED AMOUNTS.—Amounts depos-
ited pursuant to subsection (b) shall be available, without
further appropriation, for expenditure by the Secretary of
Agriculture to cover costs incurred by the Forest Service
for the processing of applications for special use authoriza-
tions and for monitoring activities undertaken in connec-
tion with such authorizations. Amounts in the special ac-
count shall remain available for such purposes until ex-
pended.
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In the budget jus-
tification documents submitted by the Secretary of Agri-
culture in support of the President’s budget for a fiscal
year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
the Secretary shall include a description of the purposes
for which amounts were expended from the special account
during the preceding fiscal year, including the amounts
expended for each purpose, and a description of the pur-
poses for which amounts are proposed to be expended
from the special account during the next fiscal year, in-
cluding the amounts proposed to be expended for each
purpose.