124
trative, and overhead associated with the provision of
goods, services, or technical assistance: Provided further,
That the appropriation structure for the Indian Health
Service may not be altered without advance approval of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned
lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous-
ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included
in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none
of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be
used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of
November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement
home is provided for such household: Provided further,
That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new
or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office
125
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se-
lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo
reservation or selected a replacement residence off the
Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20
U.S.C. 56 part A), $2,125,000.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five
126
replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair,
and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $372,901,000, of
which not to exceed $43,318,000 for the instrumentation
program, collections acquisition, Museum Support Center
equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, the Na-
tional Museum of the American Indian, the repatriation
of skeletal remains program, research equipment, informa-
tion management, and Latino programming shall remain
available until expended and of which $2,500,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the National Museum
of Natural History’s Arctic Studies Center to include as-
sistance to other museums for the planning and develop-
ment of institutions and facilities that enhance the display
of collections, and including such funds as may be nec-
essary to support American overseas research centers and
a total of $125,000 for the Council of American Overseas
Research Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated
herein are available for advance payments to independent
contractors performing research services or participating
in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further,
That the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal ap-
propriations designated in this Act for lease or rent pay-
ments for long term and swing space, as rent payable to
the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may
be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution
127
to the extent that federally supported activities are housed
in the 900 H Street, N.W. building in the District of Co-
lumbia: Provided further, That this use of Federal appro-
priations shall not be construed as debt service, a Federal
guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an obligation of,
the Federal Government: Provided further, That no appro-
priated funds may be used to service debt which is in-
curred to finance the costs of acquiring the 900 H Street
building or of planning, designing, and constructing im-
provements to such building.
REPAIR, REHABILITATION AND ALTERATION OF
FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of repair, rehabilitation and
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623),
including not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $47,900,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $6,000,000 is provided for repair, re-
habilitation and alteration of facilities at the National Zo-
ological Park: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and repair or re-
habilitation of facilities of the Smithsonian Institution
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price:
128
Provided further, That funds previously appropriated to
the ‘‘Construction and Improvements, National Zoological
Park’’ account and the ‘‘Repair and Restoration of Build-
ings’’ account may be transferred to and merged with this
‘‘Repair, Rehabilitation and Alteration of Facilities’’ ac-
count.
CONSTRUCTION
For 
necessary 
expenses 
for 
construction,
$19,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to initiate the design for any proposed expansion of
current space or new facility without consultation with the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal
funds in excess of the amount specified in Public Law
101–185 for the construction of the National Museum of
the American Indian.
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used for the Holt House located at the National Zoological
Park in Washington, D.C., unless identified as repairs to
minimize water damage, monitor structure movement, or
provide interim structural support.
129
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for
membership in library, museum, and art associations or
societies whose publications or services are available to
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $61,538,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for
130
the special exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized, $6,311,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $14,000,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for capital repair and reha-
bilitation of the existing features of the building and site
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
131
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,790,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $85,000,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects
and productions in the arts through assistance to organi-
zations and individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g)
of the Act, for program support, and for administering
the functions of the Act, to remain available until ex-
pended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $13,000,000, to remain available
until expended, to the National Endowment for the Arts:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for ob-
132
ligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total
amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and
other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees
of the Endowment under the provisions of section
10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $101,000,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to
remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $14,700,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $10,700,000 shall be available
to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the
purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for obligation only in such amounts
as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests,
and devises of money, and other property accepted by the
133
chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act of 1996, as amended, $24,400,000, to
remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,005,000:
134
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further
appropriation.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$3,000,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available for compensation of level V of the Executive
Schedule or higher positions.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$6,312,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be
compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for level IV
of the Executive Schedule.
135
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as
amended, $33,286,000, of which $1,575,000 for the muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000
for the museum’s exhibitions program shall remain avail-
able until expended.
PRESIDIO TRUST
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om-
nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996,
$24,400,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to
remain available until expended, of which up to
$1,040,000 may be for the cost of guaranteed loans, as
authorized by section 104(d) of the Act: Provided, That
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $200,000,000.
The Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of
the Act, in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.
136
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
137
SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless advance notice of such assessments and
the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and are approved by such committees.
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
138
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec-
tion are applicable in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which
139
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 310. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps program, unless the relevant agencies of the
Department of the Interior and/or Agriculture follow ap-
propriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That if no
funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000, then none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 311. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jer-
sey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent
pedestrian use of such bridge, when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
140
such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with gen-
erally accepted safety standards.
SEC. 312. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill
site claim located under the general mining laws.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a)
shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines
that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was
filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994;
and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325
and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30)
for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331,
and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and
37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case
may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that
date.
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2000, the Secretary
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
a report on actions taken by the department under the
141
plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208).
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner,
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified
third-party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of
Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose
and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the
standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee
reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian
Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–
134, 104–208, 105–83, and 105–277 for payments to
tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs
associated with self-determination or self-governance con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health
Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts
142
available for fiscal years 1994 through 1999 for such pur-
poses, except that, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes
and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allo-
cations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts,
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agree-
ments.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 2000 the Secretaries of Agriculture and
the Interior are authorized to limit competition for water-
shed restoration project contracts as part of the ‘‘Jobs in
the Woods’’ component of the President’s Forest Plan for
the Pacific Northwest or the Jobs in the Woods Program
established in Region 10 of the Forest Service to individ-
uals and entities in historically timber-dependent areas in
the States of Washington, Oregon, northern California
and Alaska that have been affected by reduced timber har-
vesting on Federal lands.
SEC. 315. None of the funds collected under the Rec-
reational Fee Demonstration program may be used to
plan, design, or construct a visitor center or any other per-
manent structure without prior approval of the House and
the Senate Committees on Appropriations if the estimated
total cost of the facility exceeds $500,000.
SEC. 316. All interests created under leases, conces-
sions, permits and other agreements associated with the
143
properties administered by the Presidio Trust shall be ex-
empt from all taxes and special assessments of every kind
by the State of California and its political subdivisions.
SEC. 317. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to des-
ignate, or to post any sign designating, any portion of Ca-
naveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as
a clothing-optional area or as an area in which public nu-
dity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary
to county ordinance.
SEC. 318. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts—
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship.
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant,
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency,
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments
made in exchange for goods and services.
144
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support
to a group, unless the application is specific to the
contents of the season, including identified programs
and/or projects.
SEC. 319. The National Endowment for the Arts and
the National Endowment for the Humanities are author-
ized to solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of
the United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and
other property or services and to use such in furtherance
of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any
proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after ac-
ceptance by the National Endowment for the Arts or the
National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be paid by
the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chair-
man. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special
interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate
endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
SEC. 320. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for
145
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve
underserved populations.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line
or to geographic isolation.
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty
line (as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of
the size involved.
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of
the arts.
146
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965—
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or
are able to tour several States;
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds
to any single State, excluding grants made under the
authority of paragraph (1);
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of
grants to improve and support community-based
music performance and education.
SEC. 321. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to fund new revi-
sions of national forest land management plans until new
final or interim final rules for forest land management
planning are published in the Federal Register. Those na-
tional forests which are currently in a revision process,
having formally published a Notice of Intent to revise
147
prior to October 1, 1997; those national forests having
been court-ordered to revise; those national forests where
plans reach the 15 year legally mandated date to revise
before or during calendar year 2001; national forests with-
in the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem study area; and
the White Mountain National Forest are exempt from this
section and may use funds in this Act and proceed to com-
plete the forest plan revision in accordance with current
forest planning regulations.
SEC. 322. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and
issue the 5-year program under the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to support Government-wide administrative functions un-
less such functions are justified in the budget process and
funding is approved by the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds in this Act may be used for GSA
Telecommunication Centers or the President’s Council on
Sustainable Development.
SEC. 325. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for planning, design or construction of improvements to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without
148
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 326. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
cited as the ‘‘National Park Service Studies Act of 1999’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF STUDIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior (‘‘the Secretary’’) shall conduct studies of the
geographical areas and historic and cultural themes
described in subsection (b)(3) to determine the ap-
propriateness of including such areas or themes in
the National Park System.
(2) CRITERIA.—In conducting the studies au-
thorized by this Act, the Secretary shall use the cri-
teria for the study of areas for potential inclusion in
the National Park System in accordance with section
8 of Public Law 91–383, as amended by section 303
of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act
(Public Law 105–391; 112 Stat. 3501).
(3) STUDY AREAS.—The Secretary shall con-
duct studies of the following:
(A) Anderson Cottage, Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia.
(B) Bioluminescent Bay, Puerto Rico.
(C) Civil Rights Sites, multi-State.
149
(D) Crossroads of the American Revolu-
tion, Central New Jersey.
(E) Fort Hunter Liggett, California.
(F) Fort King, Florida.
(G) Gaviota Coast Seashore, California.
(H) Kate Mullany House, New York.
(I) Loess Hills, Iowa.
(J) Low Country Gullah Culture, multi-
State.
(K) Nan Madol, State of Ponape, Fed-
erated States of Micronesia (upon the request
of the Government of the Federated States of
Micronesia).
(L) Walden Pond and Woods, Massachu-
setts.
(M) World War II Sites, Commonwealth of
the Northern Marianas.
(N) World War II Sites, Republic of Palau
(upon the request of the Government of the Re-
public of Palau).
(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations of each study under subsection (b) within
150
three fiscal years following the date on which funds are
first made available for each study.
SEC. 327. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 1999
in the roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth
paragraph under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ of
the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501),
shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, without re-
gard to the State in which the amounts were derived, to
repair or reconstruct roads, bridges, and trails on National
Forest System lands or to carry out and administer
projects to improve forest health conditions, which may
include the repair or reconstruction of roads, bridges, and
trails on National Forest System lands in the wildland-
community interface where there is an abnormally high
risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks
to human safety and public health and property and en-
hancing ecological functions, long-term forest productivity,
and biological integrity. The Secretary shall commence the
projects during fiscal year 2000, but the projects may be
completed in a subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be
expended under this section to replace funds which would
otherwise appropriately be expended from the timber sal-
vage sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to exempt any project from any environmental law.
151
SEC. 328. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kan-
kakee River basin that is inconsistent with the United
States Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to control flood-
ing and siltation in that area. Written certification of con-
sistency shall be submitted to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations prior to refuge establishment.
SEC. 329. None of the funds provided in this or pre-
vious appropriations Acts for the agencies funded by this
Act or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
United States derived by the collection of fees available
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be transferred
to or used to fund personnel, training, or other adminis-
trative activities at the Council on Environmental Quality
or other offices in the Executive Office of the President
for purposes related to the American Heritage Rivers pro-
gram.
SEC. 330. Other than in emergency situations, none
of the funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone
answering machines during core business hours unless
such answering machines include an option that enables
callers to reach promptly an individual on-duty with the
agency being contacted.
SEC. 331. ENHANCING FOREST SERVICE ADMINIS-
TRATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND LAND USES. (a) The
152
Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and implement a
pilot program for the purpose of enhancing forest service
administration of rights-of-way and other land uses. The
authority for this program shall be for fiscal years 2000
through 2004. Prior to the expiration of the authority for
this pilot program, the Secretary shall submit a report to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives that evaluates whether the use of funds
under this section resulted in more expeditious approval
of rights-of-way and special use authorizations. This re-
port shall include the Secretary’s recommendation for
statutory or regulatory changes to reduce the average
processing time for rights-of-way and special use permit
applications.
(b) DEPOSIT OF FEES.—Subject to subsections (a)
and (f ), during fiscal years 2000 through 2004, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall deposit into a special account
established in the Treasury all fees collected by the Sec-
retary to recover the costs of processing applications for,
and monitoring compliance with, authorizations to use and
occupy National Forest System lands pursuant to section
28(l) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(l)), sec-
tion 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
154
(e) DEFINITION OF AUTHORIZATION.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘authorizations’’ means special
use authorizations issued under subpart B of part 251 of
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.
(f ) IMPLEMENTATION.—This section shall take effect
upon promulgation of Forest Service regulations for the
collection of fees for processing of special use authoriza-
tions and for related monitoring activities.
SEC. 332. HARDWOOD TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND
APPLIED RESEARCH. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture
(hereinafter the ‘‘Secretary’’) is hereby and hereafter au-
thorized to conduct technology transfer and development,
training, dissemination of information and applied re-
search in the management, processing and utilization of
the hardwood forest resource. This authority is in addition
to any other authorities which may be available to the Sec-
retary including, but not limited to, the Cooperative For-
estry Assistance Act of 1978, as amended (16 U.S.C.
2101 et seq.), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Act of 1978, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1600–
1614).
(b) In carrying out this authority, the Secretary may
enter into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
with public and private agencies, organizations, corpora-
tions, institutions and individuals. The Secretary may ac-
155
cept gifts and donations pursuant to the Act of October
10, 1978 (7 U.S.C. 2269) including gifts and donations
from a donor that conducts business with any agency of
the Department of Agriculture or is regulated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture.
(c) The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized
to operate and utilize the assets of the Wood Education
and Resource Center (previously named the Robert C.
Byrd Hardwood Technology Center in West Virginia) as
part of a newly formed ‘‘Institute of Hardwood Tech-
nology Transfer and Applied Research’’ (hereinafter the
‘‘Institute’’). The Institute, in addition to the Wood Edu-
cation and Resource Center, will consist of a Director,
technology transfer specialists from State and Private
Forestry, the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Princeton,
West Virginia, and any other organizational unit of the
Department of Agriculture as the Secretary deems appro-
priate. The overall management of the Institute will be
the responsibility of the Forest Service, State and Private
Forestry.
(d) The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized
to generate revenue using the authorities provided herein.
Any revenue received as part of the operation of the Insti-
tute shall be deposited into a special fund in the Treasury
of the United States, known as the ‘‘Hardwood Tech-
156
nology Transfer and Applied Research Fund’’, which shall
be available to the Secretary until expended, without fur-
ther appropriation, in furtherance of the purposes of this
section, including upkeep, management, and operation of
the Institute and the payment of salaries and expenses.
(e) There are hereby and hereafter authorized to be
appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this section.
SEC. 333. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be adver-
tised if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised under
the transaction evidence appraisal system using domestic
Alaska values for western red cedar: Provided, That sales
which are deficit when appraised under the transaction
evidence appraisal system using domestic Alaska values
for western red cedar may be advertised upon receipt of
a written request by a prospective, informed bidder, who
has the opportunity to review the Forest Service’s cruise
and harvest cost estimate for that timber. Program accom-
plishments shall be based on volume sold. Should Region
10 sell, in fiscal year 2000, the annual average portion
of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the cur-
rent Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are
not deficit when appraised under the transaction evidence
appraisal system using domestic Alaska values for western
red cedar, all of the western red cedar timber from those
157
sales which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors
in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic processors
in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic
prices. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2000, less
than the annual average portion of the decadal allowable
sale quantity called for in the current Tongass Land Man-
agement Plan in sales which are not deficit when ap-
praised under the transaction evidence appraisal system
using domestic Alaska values for western red cedar, the
volume of western red cedar timber available to domestic
processors at prevailing domestic prices in the contiguous
48 United States shall be that volume: (i) which is surplus
to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska; and (ii) is
that percent of the surplus western red cedar volume de-
termined by calculating the ratio of the total timber vol-
ume which has been sold on the Tongass to the annual
average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity
called for in the current Tongass Land Management Plan.
The percentage shall be calculated by Region 10 on a roll-
ing basis as each sale is sold (for purposes of this amend-
ment, a ‘‘rolling basis’’ shall mean that the determination
of how much western red cedar is eligible for sale to var-
ious markets shall be made at the time each sale is award-
ed). Western red cedar shall be deemed ‘‘surplus to the
needs of domestic processors in Alaska’’ when the timber
158
sale holder has presented to the Forest Service docu-
mentation of the inability to sell western red cedar logs
from a given sale to domestic Alaska processors at price
equal to or greater than the log selling value stated in
the contract. All additional western red cedar volume not
sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic
processors may be exported to foreign markets at the elec-
tion of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may
be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the
timber sale holder.
SEC. 334. Subsection 104(d) of Public Law 104–333
(110 Stat. 4102) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘after deter-
mining that the projects to be funded from the pro-
ceeds thereof are creditworthy and that a repayment
schedule is established and only’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
cluding a review of the creditworthiness of the loan
and establishment of a repayment schedule,’’ after
‘‘and subject to such terms and conditions,’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘paragraph
(3) of’’ before ‘‘this subsection’’.
SEC. 335. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall:
(1) prepare the report required of them by sec-
tion 323(a) of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
159
propriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–83; 111
Stat. 1543, 1596–7) except that the report describ-
ing the estimated production of goods and services
for the first 5 years during the course of the deci-
sion may be completed for either each individual
unit of Federal lands or for each of the Resource
Advisory Council or Provincial Advisory Council
units that fall within the Basin area;
(2) distribute the report and make such report
available for public comment for a minimum of 120
days; and
(3) include detailed responses to the public
comment in any final environmental impact state-
ment associated with the Interior Columbia Basin
Ecosystem Management Project.
SEC. 336. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
160
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
SEC. 337. (a) MILLSITES OPINION.—No funds shall
be expended by the Department of the Interior or the De-
partment of Agriculture, for fiscal years 2000 and 2001,
to limit the number or acreage of millsites based on the
ratio between the number or acreage of millsites and the
number or acreage of associated lode or placer claims with
respect to any patent application grandfathered pursuant
to section 113 of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies, Appropriations Act, 1995; any operation
for which a plan of operations has been previously ap-
proved; or any operation for which a plan of operations
has been submitted to the Bureau of Land Management
or Forest Service prior to November 7, 1997.
(b) NO RATIFICATION.—Nothing in this Act or the
Emergency Supplemental Act of 1999 shall be construed
as an explicit or tacit adoption, ratification, endorsement,
approval, rejection or disapproval of the opinion dated No-
vember 7, 1997, by the solicitor of the Department of the
Interior concerning millsites.
SEC. 338. The Forest Service, in consultation with
the Department of Labor, shall review Forest Service
campground concessions policy to determine if modifica-
tions can be made to Forest Service contracts for camp-
161
grounds so that such concessions fall within the regulatory
exemption of 29 CFR 4.122(b). The Forest Service shall
offer in fiscal year 2000 such concession prospectuses
under the regulatory exemption, except that, any pro-
spectus that does not meet the requirements of the regu-
latory exemption shall be offered as a service contract in
accordance with the requirements of 41 U.S.C. 351–358.
SEC. 339. PILOT PROGRAM OF CHARGES AND FEES
FOR HARVEST OF FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS. (a)
DEFINITION
OF FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCT.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘forest botanical prod-
uct’’ means any naturally occurring mushrooms, fungi,
flowers, seeds, roots, bark, leaves, and other vegetation (or
portion thereof ) that grow on National Forest System
lands. The term does not include trees, except as provided
in regulations issued under this section by the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(b) RECOVERY OF FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR PROD-
UCTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and im-
plement a pilot program to charge and collect not less than
the fair market value for forest botanical products har-
vested on National Forest System lands. The Secretary
shall establish appraisal methods and bidding procedures
to ensure that the amounts collected for forest botanical
products are not less than fair market value.
162
(c) FEES.—
(1) IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION.—Under the
pilot program, the Secretary of Agriculture shall also
charge and collect fees from persons who harvest
forest botanical products on National Forest System
lands to recover all costs to the Department of Agri-
culture associated with the granting, modifying, or
monitoring the authorization for harvest of the for-
est botanical products, including the costs of any en-
vironmental or other analysis.
(2) SECURITY.—The Secretary may require a
person assessed a fee under this subsection to pro-
vide security to ensure that the Secretary receives
the fees imposed under this subsection from the per-
son.
(d) SUSTAINABLE HARVEST LEVELS FOR FOREST
BOTANICAL PRODUCTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall conduct appropriate analyses to determine whether
and how the harvest of forest botanical products on Na-
tional Forest System lands can be conducted on a sustain-
able basis. The Secretary may not permit under the pilot
program the harvest of forest botanical products at levels
in excess of sustainable harvest levels, as defined pursuant
to the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16
U.S.C. 528 et seq.). The Secretary shall establish proce-
163
dures and timeframes to monitor and revise the harvest
levels established for forest botanical products.
(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
(1) PERSONAL USE.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a personal use harvest level
for each forest botanical product, and the harvest of
a forest botanical product below that level by a per-
son for personal use shall not be subject to charges
and fees under subsections (b) and (c).
(2) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may
also waive the application of subsection (b) or (c)
pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe.
(f ) DEPOSIT AND USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) DEPOSIT.—Funds collected under the pilot
program in accordance with subsections (b) and (c)
shall be deposited into a special account in the
Treasury of the United States.
(2) FUNDS AVAILABLE.—Funds deposited into
the special account in accordance with paragraph (1)
in excess of the amounts collected for forest botan-
ical products during fiscal year 1999 shall be avail-
able for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture
under paragraph (3) without further appropriation,
164
and shall remain available for expenditure until the
date specified in subsection (h)(2).
(3) AUTHORIZED USES.—The funds made avail-
able under paragraph (2) shall be expended at units
of the National Forest System in proportion to the
charges and fees collected at that unit under the
pilot program to pay for—
(A) in the case of funds collected under
subsection (b), the costs of conducting inven-
tories of forest botanical products, determining
sustainable levels of harvest, monitoring and as-
sessing the impacts of harvest levels and meth-
ods, and for restoration activities, including any
necessary vegetation; and
(B) in the case of fees collected under sub-
section (c), the costs described in paragraph (1)
of such subsection.
(4) TREATMENT
OF
FEES.—Funds collected
under subsections (b) and (c) shall not be taken into
account for the purposes of the following laws:
(A) The sixth paragraph under the head-
ing ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of May 23,
1908 (16 U.S.C. 500) and section 13 of the Act
of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the
Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 500).
165
(B) The fourteenth paragraph under the
heading ‘‘FOREST
SERVICE’’ in the Act of
March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501).
(C) Section 33 of the Bankhead-Jones
Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012).
(D) The Act of August 8, 1937, and the
Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
(E) Section 6 of the Act of June 14, 1926
(commonly known as the Recreation and Public
Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869–4).
(F) Chapter 69 of title 31, United States
Code.
(G) Section 401 of the Act of June 15,
1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s).
(H) Section 4 of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a).
(I) Any other provision of law relating to
revenue allocation.
(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the end of each fiscal year in which the Sec-
retary of Agriculture collects charges and fees under sub-
sections (b) and (c) or expends funds from the special ac-
count under subsection (f ), the Secretary shall submit to
the Congress a report summarizing the activities of the
166
Secretary under the pilot program, including the funds
generated under subsections (b) and (c), the expenses in-
curred to carry out the pilot program, and the expendi-
tures made from the special account during that fiscal
year.
(h) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—
(1) CHARGES AND FEES.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture may collect charges and fees under the au-
thority of subsections (b) and (c) only during fiscal
years 2000 through 2004.
(2) USE OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The Secretary
may make expenditures from the special account
under subsection (f ) until September 30 of the fiscal
year following the last fiscal year specified in para-
graph (1). After that date, amounts remaining in
the special account shall be transferred to the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury.
SEC. 340. Title III, section 3001 of Public Law 106–
31 is amended by inserting after ‘‘Alabama,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘in fiscal year 1999 or 2000’’.
SEC. 341. Section 347 of title III of section 101(e)
of division A of Public Law 105–277 is hereby amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
167
(A) by inserting ‘‘, via agreement or con-
tract as appropriate,’’ before ‘‘may enter into’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘(28) contracts with pri-
vate persons and’’ and inserting ‘‘(28) steward-
ship contracting demonstration pilot projects
with private persons or other public or private’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘contract’’
and inserting ‘‘project’’;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘Agree-
ments or’’ before ‘‘Contracts’’;
(B) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘a contract’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an agreement or contract’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘private contracts’’
and inserting ‘‘private agreements or con-
tracts’’;
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘agree-
ment or’’ before ‘‘contracts’’; and
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘agree-
ment or’’ before ‘‘contracts’’;
(4) in subsection (d)—
168
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a con-
tract’’ and inserting ‘‘an agreement or con-
tract’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a con-
tract’’ and inserting ‘‘an agreement or con-
tract’’; and
(5) in subsection (g)—
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘con-
tract’’ and inserting ‘‘pilot project’’; and
(B) in the last sentence—
(i) by inserting ‘‘agreements or’’ be-
fore ‘‘contracts’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘agreements or’’ be-
fore ‘‘contract’’.
SEC. 342. Notwithstanding section 343 of Public Law
105–83, increases in recreation residence fees shall be im-
plemented in fiscal year 2000 only to the extent that the
fiscal year 2000 fees do not exceed the fiscal year 1999
fee by more than $2,000.
SEC. 343. REDESIGNATION OF BLACKSTONE RIVER
VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR IN HONOR OF
JOHN H. CHAFEE. (a) CORRIDOR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor established by section 1
of Public Law 99–647 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is re-
169
designated as the ‘‘John H. Chafee Blackstone River
Valley National Heritage Corridor’’.
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law,
map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of
the United States to the Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor shall be deemed to be a
reference to the John H. Chafee Blackstone River
Valley National Heritage Corridor.
(b) COMMISSION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor Commission established
by section 3 of Public Law 99–647 (16 U.S.C. 461
note) is redesignated as the ‘‘John H. Chafee Black-
stone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Com-
mission’’.
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law,
map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of
the United States to the Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor Commission shall be
deemed to be a reference to the John H. Chafee
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Commission.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1 of Public Law 99–647 (16 U.S.C.
461 note) is amended in the first sentence by strik-
170
ing ‘‘Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Cor-
ridor’’ and inserting ‘‘John H. Chafee Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor’’.
(2) Section 3 of Public Law 99–647 (16 U.S.C.
461 note) is amended—
(A) in the section heading, by striking
‘‘BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERIT-
AGE
CORRIDOR
COMMISSION’’ and inserting
‘‘JOHN H. CHAFEE BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY
NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION’’;
and
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Black-
stone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘John H. Chafee
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Cor-
ridor Commission’’.
SEC. 344. A project undertaken by the Forest Service
under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as au-
thorized by section 315 of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
1996, as amended, shall not result in—
(1) displacement of the holder of an authoriza-
tion to provide commercial recreation services on
Federal lands. Prior to initiating any project, the
Secretary shall consult with potentially affected
171
holders to determine what impacts the project may
have on the holders. Any modifications to the au-
thorization shall be made within the terms and con-
ditions of the authorization and authorities of the
impacted agency.
(2) the return of a commercial recreation serv-
ice to the Secretary for operation when such services
have been provided in the past by a private sector
provider, except when—
(A) the private sector provider fails to bid
on such opportunities;
(B) the private sector provider terminates
its relationship with the agency; or
(C) the agency revokes the permit for non-
compliance with the terms and conditions of the
authorization.
In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee
Demonstration Program to provide for operations until a
subsequent operator can be found through the offering of
a new prospectus.
SEC. 345. NATIONAL FOREST-DEPENDENT RURAL
COMMUNITIES ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION. (a) FIND-
INGS AND PURPOSES.—Section 2373 of the National For-
est-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversifica-
tion Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6611) is amended—
172
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘national
forests’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest System
land’’;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the na-
tional forests’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest
System land’’;
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘forest
resources’’ and inserting ‘‘natural resources’’;
and
(D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘national
forest resources’’ and inserting ‘‘National For-
est System land resources’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘national forests’’ and in-
serting ‘‘National Forest System land’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘forest resources’’ and in-
serting ‘‘natural resources’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2374(1) of the National
Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diver-
sification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6612(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘forestry’’ and inserting ‘‘natural resources’’.
(c) RURAL FORESTRY AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICA-
TION ACTION TEAMS.—Section 2375(b) of the National
173
Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diver-
sification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6613(b)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘forestry’’
and inserting ‘‘natural resources’’; and
(2) in the second and third sentences, by strik-
ing ‘‘national forest resources’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System land resources’’.
(d) 
ACTION
PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION.—Section
2376(a) of the National Forest-Dependent Rural Commu-
nities Economic Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
6614(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘forest resources’’ and inserting
‘‘natural resources’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘national forest resources’’ and
inserting ‘‘National Forest System land resources’’.
(e) TRAINING
AND EDUCATION.—Paragraphs (3)
and (4) of section 2377(a) of the National Forest-Depend-
ent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 6615(a)) are amended by striking ‘‘na-
tional forest resources’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest
System land resources’’.
(f ) LOANS
TO
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
RURAL COMMUNITIES.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) of sec-
tion 2378(a) of the National Forest-Dependent Rural
Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990 (7
174
U.S.C. 6616(a)) are amended by striking ‘‘national forest
resources’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest System land re-
sources’’.
SEC. 346. INTERSTATE
90 LAND
EXCHANGE
AMENDMENT. (a) This section shall be referred to as the
‘‘Interstate 90 Land Exchange Amendment’’.
(b) Section 604(a) of the Interstate 90 Land Ex-
change Act of 1998, Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.
2681–328 (1998), is hereby amended by adding at the end
of the first sentence: ‘‘except title to offered lands and in-
terests in lands described as follows: Township 21 North,
Range 12 East, Section 15, W.M., Township 21 North,
Range 12 East, Section 23, W.M., Township 21 North,
Range 12 East, Section 25, W.M., Township 19 North,
Range 13 East, Section 7, W.M., Township 19 North,
Range 15 East, Section 31, W.M., Township 19 North,
Range 14 East, Section 25, W.M., Township 22 North,
Range 11 East, Section 3, W.M., and Township 22 North,
Range 11 East, Section 19, W.M. must be placed in es-
crow by Plum Creek, according to terms and conditions
acceptable to the Secretary and Plum Creek, for a 3-year
period beginning on the later of the date of the enactment
of this Act or consummation of the exchange. During the
period the lands are held in escrow, Plum Creek shall not
undertake any activities on these lands, except for fire
175
suppression and road maintenance, without the approval
of the Secretary, which shall not be unreasonably with-
held’’.
(c) Section 604(a) is further amended by inserting
in section (2) after the words ‘‘dated October 1998’’ the
following: ‘‘except the following parcels: Township 19
North, Range 15 East, Section 29, W.M., Township 18
North, Range 15 East, Section 3, W.M., Township 19
North, Range 14 East, Section 9, W.M., Township 21
North, Range 14 East, Section 7, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 12 East, Section 35, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 3, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 9, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 11, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 13, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 15, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 25, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 33, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 13 East, Section 35, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 14 East, Section 7, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 14 East, Section 9, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 14 East, Section 11, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 14 East, Section 15, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 14 East, Section 17, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 14 East, Section 21, W.M., Township 22
176
North, Range 14 East, Section 31, W.M., Township 22
North, Range 14 East, Section 27, W.M. The appraisal
approved by the Secretary of Agriculture on June 14,
1999 (the ‘‘Appraisal’’) shall be adjusted by subtracting
the values for the parcels described in the preceding sen-
tence determined during the Appraisal process in the con-
text of the whole estate to be conveyed’’.
(d) Section 604(b) of the Interstate 90 Land Ex-
change Act of 1998, Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.
2681–328 (1998), is hereby amended by inserting after
the words ‘‘offered land’’ the following: ‘‘, as provided in
section 604(a), and placement in escrow of acceptable title
to Township 22 North, Range 11 East, Section 3, W.M.,
Township 22 North, Range 11 East, Section 19, W.M.,
Township 21 North, Range 12 East, Section 15, W.M.,
Township 21 North, Range 12 East, Section 23, W.M.,
Township 21 North, Range 12 East, Section 25, W.M.,
Township 19 North, Range 13 East, Section 7, W.M.,
Township 19 North, Range 15 East, Section 31, W.M.,
and Township 19 North, Range 14 East, Section 25,
W.M.’’.
(e) Section 604(b) is further amended by inserting
the following before the colon: ‘‘except Township 19
North, Range 10 East, W.M., Section 4, Township 20
North, Range 10 East, W.M., Section 32, and Township