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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 99–
396, or any subsequent legislation related to Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands grant funding:
Provided further, That of the Covenant grant funding for
the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands
$5,000,000 shall be used for the construction of prison
facilities and $500,000 shall be used for construction and
equipping of a crime laboratory unless the Secretary deter-
mines that acceptable alternative financing for these
projects is already in place: Provided further, That of the
amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient fund-
ing shall be made available for a grant to the Close Up
Foundation: Provided further, That the funds for the pro-
gram of operations and maintenance improvement are ap-
propriated to institutionalize routine operations and main-
tenance improvement of capital infrastructure in Amer-
ican 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 assessments of long-range
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operations maintenance needs, improved capability of local
operations and maintenance institutions and agencies (in-
cluding management and vocational education training),
and project-specific maintenance (with territorial partici-
pation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary
based on the individual territory’s commitment to timely
maintenance of its capital assets): Provided further, That
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head-
ing in this Act or previous 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.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $58,286,000, 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,
$37,304,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $24,499,000.
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, $39,499,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs: Provided further, That funds made available to
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Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or
grants obligated during fiscal year 1999, as authorized by
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-
tractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall
not commence to run on any claim, including any claim
in litigation pending on the date of the enactment 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 hereafter the Secretary
shall not be required to provide a periodic statement of
performance pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 4011(b), nor to invest
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 161a, any Indian trust account
managed by the Secretary that has not had activity for
at least eighteen months and has a balance of $1.00 or
less: Provided further, That hereafter the Secretary shall
maintain a record of any such accounts and amounts in
such accounts will remain available upon request to the
accountholder.
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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, $4,492,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That obligated and unexpended
balances in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund account at
the end of fiscal year 1998 shall be transferred to and
made a part of the Departmental Offices, Natural Re-
source Damage Assessment and Restoration, Natural Re-
source Damage Assessment Fund account and shall re-
main 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
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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.
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SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of 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 oilspills; for response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential 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
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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-
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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 twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
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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.
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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 fail-
ure.
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
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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
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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 commenc-
ing on or before September 30, 2002.
SEC. 113. In fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Sec-
retary may accept donations and bequests of money, serv-
ices, or other personal property for the management and
enhancement of the Department’s Natural Resources Li-
brary. The Secretary may hold, use, and administer such
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donations until expended and without further appropria-
tion.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, funds available under
this title for Indian self-determination or self-governance
contract or grant support costs may be expended only for
costs directly attributable to contracts, grants and com-
pacts pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act and
no funds appropriated in this title shall be available for
any contract support costs or indirect costs associated
with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-gov-
ernance compact or funding agreement entered into be-
tween an Indian tribe or tribal organization and any entity
other than an agency of the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 115. 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. 116. (a) Denver Service Center employees who
voluntarily resign or retire from the National Park Service
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on or before December 31, 1998, shall receive, from the
National Park Service, a lump sum voluntary separation
incentive payment that shall be equal to the lesser of an
amount equal to the amount the employee would be enti-
tled to receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code, if the employee were entitled to payment
under such section; or $25,000.
(1) The voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment—
(A) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employee.
(2) Employees receiving a voluntary separation
incentive payment and accepting employment with
the Federal Government within five years of the date
of separation shall be required to repay the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the National
Park Service.
(3) The Secretary may, at the request of the
head of an Executive branch agency, waive the re-
payment under paragraph (2) if the individual in-
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volved possesses unique abilities and is the only
qualified applicant available for the position.
(4) In addition to any other payment which it
is required to make under subchapter III of chapter
83 of title 5, United States Code, the National Park
Service shall remit to the Office of Personnel Man-
agement for deposit in the Treasury of the United
States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent
of the final basic pay of each employee of the Na-
tional Park Service—
(A) who retires under section 8336(d)(2)
of title 5, United States Code; and
(B) to whom a voluntary separation incen-
tive payment has been or is to be paid under
the provisions of this section.
(b) Employees of the Denver Service Center entitled
to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and
the National Park Service may pay, the total amount of
severance pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees
paid severance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reem-
ployed by the Federal Government shall be subject to the
repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), ex-
cept that any repayment shall be made to the National
Park Service.
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(c) Employees of the Denver Service Center who vol-
untarily resign on or before December 31, 1998, or who
are separated in a reduction in force, shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A) if they elect to continue health
benefits after separation. The National Park Service shall
pay for 12 months the remaining portion of required con-
tributions.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary is authorized to permit persons, firms
or organizations engaged in commercial, cultural, edu-
cational, or recreational activities (as defined in section
612a of title 40, United States Code) not currently occu-
pying such space to use courtyards, auditoriums, meeting
rooms, and other space of the main and south Interior
building complex, Washington, D.C., the maintenance, op-
eration, and protection of which has been delegated to the
Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pur-
suant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949, and to assess reasonable charges therefore,
subject to such procedures as the Secretary deems appro-
priate for such uses. Charges may be for the space, utili-
ties, maintenance, repair, and other services. Charges for
such space and services may be at rates equivalent to the
prevailing commercial rate for comparable space and serv-
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ices devoted to a similar purpose in the vicinity of the
main and south Interior building complex, Washington,
D.C. for which charges are being assessed. The Secretary
may without further appropriation hold, administer, and
use such proceeds within the Departmental Management
Working Capital Fund to offset the operation of the build-
ings under his jurisdiction, whether delegated or other-
wise, and for related purposes, until expended.
SEC. 118. The 37 mile River Valley Trail from the
town of Delaware Gap to the edge of the town of Milford,
Pennsylvania located within the Delaware Water Gap Na-
tional Recreation Area shall hereafter be referred to in any
law, regulation, document, or record of the United States
as the Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $197,444,000, to remain
available until expended.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
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agement, cooperative forestry, and education and land
conservation activities, $156,167,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by law.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System,
and for administrative expenses associated with the man-
agement of funds provided under the headings ‘‘Forest
and Rangeland Research’’, ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’,
‘‘National Forest System’’, ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’,
‘‘Reconstruction and Construction’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisi-
tion’’, $1,231,421,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received dur-
ing prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i)).
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other
lands under fire protection agreement, and for emergency
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System
lands and waters, $631,737,000, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That such funds are available for re-
payment of advances from other appropriations accounts
previously transferred for such purposes.
RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $271,444,000, to remain available
until expended for construction, reconstruction and acqui-
sition of buildings and other facilities, and for construc-
tion, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of forest
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by
16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided,
That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for
road maintenance shall be available for the planned oblit-
eration of roads which are no longer needed: Provided fur-
ther, That the Forest Service may make an advance of
up to $200,000 from the funds provided under this head-
ing in this Act and up to $800,000 provided under this
heading in Public Law 105–83 to the City of Colorado
Springs, Colorado for the design and reconstruction of the
Pikes Peak Summit House in accordance with terms and
conditions agreed to.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
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ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $30,000,000, to
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to
be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
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pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 177 passenger motor vehicles of which 22 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
176 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition
of sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the
operable fleet at 198 aircraft for use in Forest Service
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs;
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under
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5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250);
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move
or close any regional office for National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture without the advance consent of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
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shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States
and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 105–163.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
105–163.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter
any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
may be used to disseminate program information to pri-
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vate and public individuals and organizations through the
use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec-
essary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to
Forest Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter
money collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest
Service under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93–
153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administra-
tive and other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-
of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in
monitoring the construction, operation, maintenance, and
termination of any pipeline and related facilities, may be
used to reimburse the applicable appropriation to which
such costs were originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of 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 the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood
stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 har-
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vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro-
vided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood
stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further,
That landscape architects shall be used to maintain a vis-
ually pleasing forest.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppres-
sion assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-
Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest Sys-
tem lands shall hereafter be used to reimburse the applica-
ble appropriation and shall remain available until ex-
pended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activi-
ties authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 note, 2101–2110, 1606,
and 2111.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter
the Forest Service is authorized to employ or otherwise
contract with persons at regular rates of pay, as deter-
mined by the Service, to perform work occasioned by emer-
gencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any
other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Fed-
eral holidays, and the regular workweek.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance
with the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National For-
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est Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be
used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or
other forms of even-aged management in hardwood stands
in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to $2,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance to the National Forest Founda-
tion, without regard to when the Foundation incurs ex-
penses, for administrative expenses or projects on or bene-
fitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds
made available to the Foundation, no more than $400,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of
the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the National For-
est Foundation may hold Federal funds made available
but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest
or other investment income earned (before, on, or after
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the date of enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to
carry out the purposes of Public Law 101–593: Provided
further, That such investments may be made only in inter-
est-bearing obligations of the United States or in obliga-
tions guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the
United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
up to $2,225,000 of the funds available to the Forest
Service shall be available for matching funds to the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16
U.S.C. 3701–3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum
as Federal financial assistance, without regard to when
expenses are incurred, for projects on or benefitting Na-
tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service
programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by
the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, pri-
vate contributions to match on at least a one-for-one basis
funds advanced by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
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sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and
Construction’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to ac-
tivities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for
projects on National Forest land in the State of Washing-
ton may be granted directly to the Washington State De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of
planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be
retained by the Forest Service for planning and admin-
istering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall
be accomplished by the Forest Service with such consulta-
tion with the State of Washington as the Forest Service
deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as ap-
propriate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as
well as with public and other private agencies, organiza-
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tions, institutions, and individuals, to provide for the de-
velopment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of
land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey
Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agri-
culture may prescribe, any such public or private agency,
organization, institution, or individual may solicit, accept,
and administer private gifts of money and real or personal
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the ac-
tivities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic
Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be ac-
cepted notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts
business with the Department of Agriculture in any capac-
ity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments
to Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections
13(e) and 14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area
Act (Public Law 101–612).
For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Dis-
aster Fund as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law
104–134, the direct grants provided in subsection (c) shall
be considered direct payments for purposes of all applica-
ble law except that these direct grants may not be used
for lobbying activities.
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No employee of the Department of Agriculture may
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded
by this Act to any other agency or office of the Depart-
ment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiv-
ing agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.
The amount obligated during fiscal year 1999 from
the Knutson-Vandenberg fund provided in section 3 of the
Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-
Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), may not be used for
indirect support activities (as defined in the Forest Service
Handbook).
The amount obligated during fiscal year 1999 from
the timber salvage sale fund provided in section 14(h) of
the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
472a(h)) for indirect support activities (as defined in the
Forest Service Handbook) may not exceed 25 percent of
total amount obligated from such fund during such fiscal
year.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public
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Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing,
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602,
and 1603), performed under the minerals and materials
science programs at the Albany Research Center in Or-
egon, $365,550,000 (reduced by $50,000,000), to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no part of the
sum herein made available shall be used for the field test-
ing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Moneys received as investment income on the prin-
cipal amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the
Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are
earned as of October 1, 1998, shall be deposited in this
account and immediately transferred to the general fund
of the Treasury. Moneys received as revenue sharing from
operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be
immediately transferred to the general fund of the Treas-
ury.
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NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petro-
leum and oil shale reserve activities, $14,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the require-
ments of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal
year 1999: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds available pursuant to the
first proviso under this heading in Public Law 101–512
shall be immediately available for all naval petroleum and
oil shale reserve activities.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $675,250,000, to remain available
until expended, including, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, $64,000,000, which shall be transferred to
this account from amounts held in escrow under section
3002(d) of Public Law 95–509 (15 U.S.C. 4501(d)): Pro-
vided, That $161,000,000 shall be for use in energy con-
servation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public
Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509
such sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as
follows: $129,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants
and $32,000,000 for State energy conservation grants.
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ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,801,000, to re-
main available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201
et seq.), $160,120,000, to remain available until expended.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $68,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of
sums may be made to other agencies of the Government
for the performance of work for which the appropriation
is made.
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None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or
finance authorized price support or loan guarantee pro-
grams unless specific provision is made for such programs
in an appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign:
Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or
for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise
generated by sale of products in connection with projects
of the Department appropriated under this Act may be
retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until
expended, and used only for plant construction, operation,
costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided
in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Pro-
vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
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endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
procurement documents for programs or projects for
which appropriations have not been made.
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from pub-
lic and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed
funds account, and prosecute projects using such fees and
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or
private agencies or concerns.
The Secretary, in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter,
shall continue the process begun in fiscal year 1998 of
accepting funds from other Federal agencies in return for
assisting agencies in achieving energy efficiency in Federal
facilities and operations by the use of privately financed,
energy savings performance contracts and other private fi-
nancing mechanisms. The funds may be provided after
agencies begin to realize energy cost savings; may be re-
tained by the Secretary until expended; and may be used
only for the purpose of assisting Federal agencies in
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achieving greater efficiency, water conservation and use
of renewable energy by means of privately financed mecha-
nisms, including energy savings performance contracts
and utility incentive programs. These recovered funds will
continue to be used to administer even greater energy effi-
ciency, water conservation and use of renewable energy by
means of privately financed mechanisms such as utility ef-
ficiency service contracts and energy savings performance
contracts. The recoverable funds will be used for all nec-
essary program expenses, including contractor support
and resources needed, to achieve overall Federal energy
management program objectives for greater energy sav-
ings. Any such privately financed contracts shall meet the
provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public Law
102–486 regarding energy savings performance contracts
and utility incentive programs.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $1,932,953,000, to-
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funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this
or any other Act for payments to tribes and tribal organi-
zations for contract or grant support costs for contracts,
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agree-
ments with the Indian Health Service pursuant to the In-
dian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, shall
be allocated and distributed to such contracts, grants, self-
governance compacts and annual funding agreements each
year on a pro-rata proportionate basis regardless of
amounts allocated in any previous year to such contracts,
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agree-
ments: Provided further, That reimbursements for train-
ing, technical assistance, or services provided by the In-
dian Health Service will contain total costs, including di-
rect, administrative, and overhead associated with the pro-
vision of goods, services, or technical assistance: Provided
further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian
Health Service may not be altered without advance ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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–