I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 266 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2019 
Ms. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 
Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,196,143,000, 
to remain available until expended, including all such 
amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as 
authorized but made subject to future appropriation by 
section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit processing 
fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses associ-
ated with the processing of oil and gas applications for 
permits to drill and related use of authorizations: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 
the Colorado River Basin salinity control program. 
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In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,196,143,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 
interests therein, $26,016,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
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on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $106,543,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im-
provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 
from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-
ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con-
trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 
pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 
compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 
pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 
the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro-
tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 
the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam-
aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per-
mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 
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whether all moneys collected from each such action are 
used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 
Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 
of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 
which funds were collected may be used to repair other 
damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-
lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 
may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-
praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 
under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 
remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs-
able agreements with public and private entities, including 
with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-
porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 
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the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 
exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-
operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 
or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identi-
fied amount of money in support of the project may be 
carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 
sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc-
tion for processing into commercial products. 
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,292,067,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed 
$17,818,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 
petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu-
lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
described 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), 
or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)). 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $50,413,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
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penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$45,189,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any ad-
ministrative overhead, planning or other management 
costs. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$49,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$18,695,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan-
gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 
$30,800,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
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U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $43,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.), $3,910,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-
servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
et seq.), $12,061,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 
of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-
mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$65,571,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That of the amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub-
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant 
program to implement approved plans for States, terri-
tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-
fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting $10,571,000 and administrative expenses, 
apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 
than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appor-
tion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) 
one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio 
to which the population of such State bears to the total 
population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be ad-
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justed equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a 
sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year 
or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 
75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Fed-
eral share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 
percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided fur-
ther, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not 
be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, 
That any amount apportioned in 2019 to any State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 
September 30, 2020, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2021, in the manner provided here-
in. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili-
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ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva-
tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build-
ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv-
ice and to which the United States has title, and which 
are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 
cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air-
craft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-
proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 
such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-
ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 
until expended. 
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
$2,500,369,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $141,961,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha-
bilitation 
projects 
for 
constructed 
assets 
and 
$149,075,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con-
structed assets shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 
5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 
section 
9(a) 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $500,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be provided to the orga-
nization selected under section 9(b) of that Act for ex-
penditure by the United States Semiquincentennial Com-
mission in accordance with that Act. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
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partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $64,138,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $91,910,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided , That of the funds 
provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $500,000 is 
for competitive grants for the survey and nomination of 
properties to the National Register of Historic Places and 
as National Historic Landmarks associated with commu-
nities currently under-represented, as determined by the 
Secretary, $13,000,000 is for competitive grants to pre-
serve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement, 
$8,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, and $5,000,000 is for competitive grants 
for the restoration of historic properties of national, State 
and local significance listed on or eligible for inclusion on 
the National Register of Historic Places, to be made with-
out imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of sec-
tion 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Histor-
ical Preservation Act: Provided further, That such com-
petitive grants shall be made without imposing the match-
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ing requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, 
United States Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined 
in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organiza-
tions, local governments, including Certified Local Govern-
ments, and non-profit organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 
for programs and areas administered by the National 
Park Service, $364,704,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 
2019 with a future phase indicated in the National Park 
Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single pro-
curement may be issued which includes the full scope of 
the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and 
contract shall contain the clause availability of funds 
found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That Na-
tional Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Fran-
chise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 
for the cost of adjustments and changes within the origi-
nal scope of effort for projects funded by the National 
Park Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 
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reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 
authorized by this section. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with the statutory authority appli-
cable to the National Park Service, $174,444,000, to be 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 
is for the State assistance program and of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protec-
tion Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 
54, United States Code. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 
to challenge cost share agreements, $23,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 
projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 
percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 
be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-
nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 
an irrevocable letter of credit. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 
fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex-
penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 
for use at any unit within the National Park System to 
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 
leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 
for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-
ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-
tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-
tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-
ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-
nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 
contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
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National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 
for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $1,148,457,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020; of which $100,000 shall be made 
available to the United States Geological Survey Mineral 
Resources Program for the development of a map depict-
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ing pyrrhotite occurrences throughout the United States; 
of which $84,337,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; and of which $15,164,000 
shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 
and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the 
ecosystem research activity shall be used to conduct new 
surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized 
in writing by the property owner: Provided further, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more 
than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in 
cooperation with States and municipalities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, not less than $200,000 shall be used for activities to 
better understand mechanisms that result in toxins being 
present in harmful algal blooms. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-
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ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 
gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip-
ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 
for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 
expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap-
pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-
operative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 
of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 
be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses. 
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting and admin-
istering leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma-
rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 
approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple-
menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi-
dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 
or cooperative agreements, $179,266,000, of which 
$129,450,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2020, and of which $49,816,000 is to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 
shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
and credited to this appropriation from additions to re-
ceipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in ef-
fect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 
activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-
neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 
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more than $129,450,000: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper-
ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and 
agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 
and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 
Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-
menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-
gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
ments, $145,475,000, of which $121,351,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, and of which 
$24,124,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 
and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in-
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cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $121,351,000. 
For an additional amount, $41,765,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 
which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
collected in fiscal year 2019, as provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
inspection fees exceed $41,765,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $41,765,000 shall be credited to this appro-
priation and remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2019, not less than 50 percent 
of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 
and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per-
sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 
expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 
safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 
drill. 
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OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$12,700,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, $114,900,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That appropria-
tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-
sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended: 
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Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 
year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$114,900,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, $22,952,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 
the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 
Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-
ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 
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State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In-
dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions in Senate report 115-276: Provided, That such 
additional amount shall be used for economic and commu-
nity development in conjunction with the priorities in sec-
tion 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, 
That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 shall be dis-
tributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States 
with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the 
priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sec-
tion, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts 
to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest 
amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and 
$10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized In-
dian Tribes without regard to their status as certified or 
uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclama-
tion of abandoned mine lands and other related activities 
in accordance with the terms and conditions in Senate re-
port 115-276 and shall be used for economic and commu-
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nity development in conjunction with the priorities in sec-
tion 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977: Provided further, That such additional 
amount shall be allocated to States and Indian Tribes 
within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
$2,403,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not 
to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $76,000,000 
shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That 
in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary 
may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, 
to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af-
fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-
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ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 
recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo-
cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $680,673,000 for school oper-
ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 
programs shall become available on July 1, 2019, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $54,174,000 shall remain 
available until expended for housing improvement, road 
maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land 
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement 
Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including but not limited to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $81,036,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 
2019: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated 
to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated 
as of September 30, 2020, may be transferred during fis-
cal year 2021 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 
the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That 
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any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall ex-
pire on September 30, 2021: Provided further, That in 
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 
Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other iden-
tifying articles of clothing for personnel. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2019, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
transfer to another budget account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483; $359,419,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
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may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of No-
vember 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 
on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fis-
cal year 2019, in implementing new construction, replace-
ment facilities construction, or facilities improvement and 
repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are pro-
vided to grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 
Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 
Programs contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as the regulatory requirements: Provided fur-
ther, That such grants shall not be subject to section 
12.61 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations; the Sec-
retary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Pro-
vided further, That in considering grant applications, the 
Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be 
deficient in assuring that the construction projects con-
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form to applicable building standards and codes and Fed-
eral, tribal, or State health and safety standards as re-
quired by section 1125(b) of title XI of Public Law 95– 
561 (25 U.S.C. 2005(b)), with respect to organizational 
and financial management capabilities: Provided further, 
That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the Sec-
retary shall follow the requirements contained in section 
5206(f) of Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2504(f)): Pro-
vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 
the disputes provision in section 5208(e) of Public Law 
107–110 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That in 
order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, 
the Secretary may assume control of a project and all 
funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the 
date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 
appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com-
pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 
commenced construction: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
appropriate share of construction costs for space expan-
sion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform imple-
mentation: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived 
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from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 
3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 
1749). 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implemen-
tation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$55,457,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall make payments in such 
amounts as necessary to satisfy the total authorized 
amount for the Navajo Nation Water Rights Trust Fund. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$9,279,000, of which $1,252,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974: 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 fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 
not to exceed $123,565,389. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance 
of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
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ment relationship between the United States and that 
tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria-
tions. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 
schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 
school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 
or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 
in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 
October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 
of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 
grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-
reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-
ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-
able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
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tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 
was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 
under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 
in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 
in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-
tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-
riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 
a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 
the use of the real and personal property (including buses 
and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa-
rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 
not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
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rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 
or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 
with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili-
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ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 
the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from 
the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 
forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $131,673,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020; of which not to 
exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen-
tation 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; and 
of which $9,000,000 for the Office of Valuation Services 
is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and shall remain available until expended; and of 
which $9,704,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 
valuation activities shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re-
source valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 
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to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bu-
reau of Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ 
account and the Office of the Special Trustee for Amer-
ican Indians ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided 
further, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That within avail-
able amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall designate the rest area bound by Alex-
andria Avenue, West Boulevard Drive, and the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon 
Trail within the George Washington Memorial Parkway 
as the ‘‘Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area’’ and any 
reference in a law, map regulation, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States to the rest area shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Peter B. Webster III 
Memorial Area’’; Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Interior shall accept and expend private contributions 
for the design, procurement, preparation, and installation 
of a plaque honoring Peter B. Webster III on the condition 
that the Director of the National Park Service shall ap-
prove the design and placement of the plaque: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
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heading, $400,000 shall be made available to the commis-
sion established by section 3(a) of the Alyce Spotted Bear 
and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act 
(Public Law 114–244; 130 Stat. 981). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2019, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-
ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 
the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 
of local government, then the payment to each local gov-
ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 
individual units of local government to correct for prior 
overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 
no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100. 
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INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
lic 
Law 
108–188, 
$100,688,000, 
of 
which: 
(1) 
$91,240,000 shall remain available until expended for ter-
ritorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef ini-
tiative activities, and brown tree snake control and re-
search; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 
U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 
Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construc-
tion and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; 
grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 
and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana 
Islands , as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 
Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2020, for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans-
actions of the territorial and local governments herein pro-
vided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established or used by such governments, 
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may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, 
at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern 
Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 
Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the 
program of operations and maintenance improvement are 
appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 
by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 
timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, 
That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading 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 Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,563,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
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the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
658 and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: 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 such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
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Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,674,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $52,486,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $112,380,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $19,016,000 from 
this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of In-
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dian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec-
retary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
not be required to provide a quarterly statement of per-
formance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 
or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
an annual account statement and maintain a record of any 
such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such 
account to be withdrawn upon the express written request 
of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac-
counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 
erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 
to and remain available in this account for this purpose: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 
to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of 
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less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac-
counts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-
ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 
other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 
trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un-
known for a continuous period of at least five years and 
shall not be required to generate periodic statements of 
performance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 
That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall 
continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the 
balance of the individual accounts, including any accrued 
interest and income, and such funds shall remain available 
to the individual account holders. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 
rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$1,116,076,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renova-
tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 
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funds are also available for repayment of advances to 
other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided $188,000,000 is for fuels man-
agement activities: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: 
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 
U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 
without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, 
sums received by a bureau or office of the Department 
of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 
U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds 
were expended to provide that protection, and are avail-
able without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels 
management activities, and for training and monitoring 
associated with such fuels management activities on Fed-
eral land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 
that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government and any non-Federal en-
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tity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require-
ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Sec-
retary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may 
obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local 
private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con-
servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 
109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 
nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or 
(4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant 
percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 
workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall de-
velop written guidance to field units to ensure account-
ability and consistent application of the authorities pro-
vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re-
sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 
required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 
wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 
appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 
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local governments, at or below fair market value, to con-
struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 
leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 
stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 
fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 
any such lease or for construction activity associated with 
the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage-
ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 
between the Departments when such transfers would fa-
cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 
and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed-
eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Department of State in 
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail-
able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 
related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States and international organizations. 
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the response action, including associated activities, per-
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $56,735,000, to 
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remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may 
be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund 
account other than for accrued annual leave and deprecia-
tion of equipment without prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal govern-
ment employees for training services provided by the Na-
tional Indian Program Training Center, other than train-
ing related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and 
related facilities, equipment or professional services of the 
National Indian Program Training Center to State, local 
and tribal government employees or persons or organiza-
tions engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational ac-
tivities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United 
States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facili-
ties, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National 
Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 
shall be credited to this account, shall be available until 
expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary 
expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 
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and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Nat-
ural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of 
royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as au-
thorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $137,505,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020; of which $41,727,000 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 
be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 
with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 
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to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
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 must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
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 wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
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for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; 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 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 
(7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects 
under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall trans-
fer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Sur-
face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 
may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory au-
thority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Pro-
vided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 
fire operations shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 
of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available 
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at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for 
wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available 
under this authority until the Secretary determines that 
funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall 
be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all 
funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such re-
plenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 
rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were 
transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount 
not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of 
motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce-
ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re-
prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 
in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 
by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author-
ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 
or associations which issue publications to members only 
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or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who 
are not members. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2019. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
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tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de-
posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En-
forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa-
cilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
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(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 
are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
2019 shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-
spections completed in fiscal year 2019. Fees for fiscal 
year 2019 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment re-
quired within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 
designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days 
of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 
with payment required within 30 days of billing. 
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION 
AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean En-
ergy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may 
transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in con-
formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 
Senate report 115-276. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 
wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 
or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 
and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 
at the discretion of the Secretary. 
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MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2019, in carrying out work involv-
ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 
or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 
record obligations against accounts receivable from any 
such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild 
horses or burros that have been removed from the public 
lands to other Federal, State, and local government agen-
cies for use as work animals: Provided, That the Secretary 
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may make any such transfer immediately upon request of 
such Federal, State, or local government agency: Provided 
further, That any excess animal transferred under this 
provision shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse 
or burro as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 
Burros Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or 
local government agency receiving excess wild horses or 
burros as authorized in this section shall not: destroy the 
horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 
into commercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the 
horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 
for processing into commercial products; or euthanize the 
horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a li-
censed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or 
advanced age. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-
vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 
of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-
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thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 
Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-
ment would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals 
currently employed by the Department, including 
partial displacement through reduction of non-over-
time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services 
Program for a job or function in a case in which a 
Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 
or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
ment; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
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(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-
tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTION 
SEC. 116. Division II of Public Law 104–333 (54 
U.S.C. 320101 note), as amended by section 116(b)(2) of 
Public Law 114–113, is amended in each of sections 208, 
310, and 607, by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
DAMAGE TO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FACILITIES 
BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION 
SEC. 117. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit to Congress a report on each facility and re-
lated infrastructure of the Department of the Interior 
damaged by a volcanic eruption covered by a major dis-
aster declared by the President in calendar year 2018 in 
accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘covered facility’’). 
(b) The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) an inventory of all covered facilities; 
(2) a description of— 
(A) any closures of covered facilities; and 
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(B) the estimated impact on visitorship to 
covered facilities open to the public as a result 
of a volcanic eruption; and 
(3) a plan— 
(A) to restore or replace covered facilities; 
and 
(B) to restore visitorship levels to covered 
facilities open to the public to historic 
visitorship levels. 
(c) In preparing the plan required under subsection 
(b)(3), the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(1) engage the community in which the covered 
facility is located, including the State and units of 
local government; and 
(2) include the estimated costs of carrying out 
the activities described in the plan. 
SEC. 118. (a) There are appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation’’, in addition to any other amounts made available 
under such heading and in order to provide additional 
funding for hiring staff for tribal detention facilities, in-
cluding addressing the needs of newly funded tribal deten-
tion facilities, $2,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘Work-
ing Capital Fund’’ for the Department of the Interior is 
hereby reduced by $2,000,000. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $717,723,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 
Research: National Priorities as specified in Senate report 
115-276: Provided further, That of unobligated balances 
from appropriations made available under this heading, 
$11,250,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso from amounts made available in the first 
proviso for Research: National Priorities: Provided further, 
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That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be used to investigate 
health impacts from exposure to harmful algal blooms and 
cyanobacteria toxins, and to develop innovative methods 
to monitor, characterize, and predict blooms for early ac-
tion. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 
2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $2,659,675,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be 
for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as speci-
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fied in Senate report 115-276: Provided further, That of 
the funds included under this heading, $454,958,000 shall 
be for Geographic Programs specified in the tables in the 
explanatory statement described in section 436 of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available under this heading, 
$61,676,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso from amounts made available in the first 
proviso for Environmental Protection: National Priorities, 
from amounts made available in the second proviso for Ge-
ographic Programs, or from the National Estuary Pro-
gram (33 U.S.C. 1330). 
In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 
section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu-
ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 
Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 
fiscal year 2019 shall be retained and used for necessary 
salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen-
eral fund for fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced by the 
amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 
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fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 
realized from such receipts exceed $5,000,000, those 
amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the 
‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re-
ceipts in fiscal year 2019, shall be retained and used for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
the funds included in the first paragraph under this head-
ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 
project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 
amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 
of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 
2014. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), 
(c)(6), 
and 
(e)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9611) 
$1,091,947,000, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2018, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,091,947,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$8,718,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2020, and $17,398,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 
and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
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LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $66,572,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$3,575,041,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $1,394,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $864,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 
year 2019, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
project applications and projects are consistent with 
State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy effi-
ciency improvements, or other environmentally inno-
vative activities: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2019, funds made available under this title to 
each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of 
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each State, be used for projects to address green in-
frastructure, water or energy efficiency improve-
ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
amounts included as principal in loans made by such 
fund in fiscal year 2019 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, 
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 
(h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 
also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
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management of the treatment works specified in sec-
tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2019, funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2019, notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-
ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 
section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the amounts 
specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-
gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
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sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
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obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
issued, the State may use more than 20 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients; 
(2) $15,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
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Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
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Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 
CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as-
sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any coun-
ty that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Esti-
mates; 
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(5) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $50,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in Senate report 115-276; 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322); and 
(8) $1,093,041,000 shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified 
by 
the 
Administrator, 
of 
which: 
$47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 
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for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs; $27,000,000 shall be for mul-
tipurpose grants, including interagency agreements. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
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principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $610,000,000. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
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ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2019. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
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ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
not exceed $150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2019, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2019 to provide 
grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa-
tershed Restoration Program. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2019. 
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Of the unobligated balances available for the ‘‘State 
and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $109,078,000 are 
hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or 
from amounts that were made available by subsection (a) 
of section 196 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division C of Public Law 114–223), as amended by the 
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropria-
tions Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254). 
Using funds appropriated under this title, the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall im-
plement the recommendations described in the report of 
the Office of Inspector General of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency entitled ‘‘Management Weakness Delayed 
Response to Flint Water Crisis’’, numbered 18–P–0221, 
and dated July 19, 2018, to ensure clean and safe water 
compliance under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f et seq.). If the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency does not implement 1 or more rec-
ommendations required by the preceding sentence, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
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and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report ex-
plaining why the Administrator did not implement the rec-
ommendation and identifying specific actions the Adminis-
trator is implementing to address the concerns raised in 
the report. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-
ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-
fice. 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $300,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2022, of which not less 
than $500,000 shall be made available for wood utilization 
research to develop woody and agricultural biomass con-
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version of low-value woody biomass using microwave-as-
sisted liquefaction: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$77,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis pro-
gram: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 
of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop-
erative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 
Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 
the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 
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-
agement, and conducting an international program as au-
thorized, $333,990,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, as authorized by law; of which 
$65,490,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Pro-
gram, to remain available until expended. 
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 hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 
such lands, $1,937,653,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds pro-
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vided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 
Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora-
tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $368,000,000 
shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $435,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels 
management 
activities, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed 
$15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au-
thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 
and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 
creating incentives for increased use of biomass from Na-
tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That 
$20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agree-
ments or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 
activities, and for training or monitoring associated with 
such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 
land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 
such activities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 
further, That funds made available to implement the Com-
munity Forestry Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, 
title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands 
in accordance with authorities made available to the For-
est Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro-
priations: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
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33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 
1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee 
for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit 
of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing As-
sociation or direct permittee for a conservation practice 
approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 
in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. 
And, that the amount credited shall remain available to 
the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as appro-
priate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and 
each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for con-
servation practices approved by the Secretary. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $449,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2022, for construction, capital im-
provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 
other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, 
reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no 
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 
part of the transportation system, and maintenance of for-
est roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Pro-
vided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2019 
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under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall 
be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and 
shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any 
other purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including 
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $74,099,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available for Land Acquisition and derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund, $16,028,000 is hereby per-
manently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 
failed or partially failed projects that had funds returned: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso-
lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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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; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 
Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 
law, $700,000, 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, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2021, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78– 
310). 
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 
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Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 
2022, 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), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, 
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,500,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2022. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-
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tem lands and water, $3,229,620,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2022: Provided, That such funds 
including unobligated balances under this heading, are 
available for repayment of advances from other appropria-
tions accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated 
in a previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management 
may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ ac-
count: Provided further, That such funds shall be available 
to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for serv-
ices provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies 
or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the For-
est Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the 
responsible emergency management agency: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided shall be available for support 
to Federal emergency response: Provided further, That the 
costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between 
the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may 
be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: 
Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire sup-
pression, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis 
as such assessments are calculated against other agency 
programs. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
to maintain the operable fleet 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 
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). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
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habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 
days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para-
graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 
fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 
or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-
ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
such transferred funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That none of the funds trans-
ferred pursuant to this section shall be available for obli-
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