H. R. 2107
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 fiscal year ending September
30, 1998, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, devel-
opment, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of
easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law,
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdic-
tion of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential
of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)),
$583,270,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$2,043,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral potential
of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law
96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000 shall be derived
from the special receipt account established by the Land and Water
Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and
of which $1,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year 1998 subject
to a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for challenge cost
share projects supporting fish and wildlife conservation affecting
Bureau lands; in addition, $27,650,000 for Mining Law Administra-
tion program operations, to remain available until expended, to
be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to
this appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result
in a final appropriation estimated at not more than $583,270,000;
and in addition, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended, from annual mining claim fees; which shall be
credited to this account for the costs of administering the mining
claim fee program, and $2,000,000 from communication site rental
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering commu-
nication site activities: Provided, That appropriations herein made
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shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted,
wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire use and management, fire
preparedness, suppression operations, and emergency rehabilitation
by the Department of the Interior, $280,103,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed $6,950,000 shall be for
the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such
funds are also available for repayment of advances to other appro-
priation accounts from which funds were previously transferred
for such purposes: 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.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and
any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action,
including associated activities, of hazardous waste substances,
pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $12,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or as
reimbursement for remedial action or response activities conducted
by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 113(f) of such Act,
shall be credited to this account to be available until expended
without further appropriation: Provided further, That such sums
recovered from or paid by any party are not limited to monetary
payments and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed
of by the Secretary and which shall be credited to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails,
and appurtenant facilities, $3,254,000, to remain available until
expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20,
1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907), $120,000,000, of which
not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to otherwise
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the
payment is less than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and
318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $11,200,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to
remain available until expended.
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and devel-
opment of resources and for construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on
the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other
Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties
of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands
or interests therein including existing connecting roads on or adja-
cent to such grant lands; $101,406,000, 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 Califor-
nia 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 second
paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28,
1937 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 102–
381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and
Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of planning, preparing,
and monitoring salvage timber sales and forest ecosystem health
and recovery activities such as release from competing vegetation
and density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts
derived from treatments funded by this account shall be deposited
into the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant
to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums
equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal
year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C.
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improvements
from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant
to law, but not less than $9,113,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, 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 process-
ing application documents and other authorizations for use and
disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies
of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use
authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such
amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amended,
and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section
305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that
have been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether
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as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appro-
priate 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 author-
ity of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate
any public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource devel-
oper, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are
used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided
further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed
to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected
may be used to repair other damaged public lands.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under exist-
ing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be
contributed under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1701), and such amounts as may be advanced for administra-
tive costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances
of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available
until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings
and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title;
up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary,
for information or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of
enforcement activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and
to be accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may,
under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in
connection with jointly produced publications for which the coopera-
tors share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and
the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted
quality standards.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies,
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and utiliza-
tion of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and
sea lions, and for the performance of other authorized functions
related to such resources; for the general administration of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service; for maintenance of the
herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Ref-
uge; and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within
the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by
the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of August
13, 1970, as amended, $594,842,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1999, of which $11,612,000 shall remain available
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until expended for operation and maintenance of fishery mitigation
facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower
Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources
Development Act of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery resources
from water development projects on the Lower Snake River, and
of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to local govern-
ments in southern California for planning associated with the Natu-
ral Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall
remain available until expended, and of which not to exceed
$5,190,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c),
and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended: Provided, That the proviso under this heading in Public
Law 104–208 is amended by striking the words ‘‘Education and’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Conservation’’, by striking the word
‘‘direct’’ and inserting in lieu thereof the word ‘‘full’’, and by insert-
ing before the period ‘‘, to remain available until expended’’.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities
required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection,
and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition
of lands and interests therein; $45,006,000, to remain available
until expended.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and Public Law
101–337; $4,228,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That under this heading in Public Law 104–134, strike ‘‘in fiscal
year 1996 and thereafter’’ in the proviso and insert ‘‘heretofore
and hereafter’’, and before the phrase ‘‘or properties shall be uti-
lized’’ in such proviso, insert ‘‘, to remain available until expended,’’:
Provided further, That the first proviso under this heading in Public
Law 103–138 is amended by inserting after ‘‘account’’ the following:
‘‘, including transfers to Federal trustees and payments to non-
Federal trustees,’’.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through
11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land
or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority
applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
$62,632,000, to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543), as amended,
$14,000,000, for grants to States, to be derived from the Cooperative
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain available
until expended.
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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
REWARDS AND OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Afri-
can Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213,
4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), $1,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North
American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101–233, as
amended, $11,700,000, to remain available until expended.
RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION FUND
For deposit to the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund,
$400,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
391).
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund,
$800,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed
108 passenger motor vehicles, of which 92 are for replacement
only (including 57 for police-type use); not to exceed $400,000 for
payment, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information,
rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws administered
by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of
enforcement activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary
and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; repair of damage
to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused
by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at
not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public
recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their
primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria,
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service
and to which the United States has title, and which are utilized
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 arrangements authorized by law, procure printing serv-
ices 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 aircraft: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the
Interior may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act
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for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge
System unless the purchase is approved in advance by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the
reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying
this bill: Provided further, That the Secretary may sell land and
interests in land, other than surface water rights, acquired in
conformance with subsections 206(a) and 207(c) of Public Law 101–
816, the receipts of which shall be deposited to the Lahontan
Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund and used exclu-
sively for the purposes of such subsections, without regard to the
limitation on the distribution of benefits in subsection 206(f)(2)
of such law.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National
Park Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administra-
tion of the National Park Service, including not to exceed $1,593,000
for the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706, $1,233,664,000, of which $12,800,000
for research, planning and interagency coordination in support of
land acquisition for Everglades restoration shall remain available
until expended, and of which not to exceed $72,000,000, to remain
available until expended, is to be derived from the special fee
account established pursuant to title V, section 5201 of Public
Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natu-
ral programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs,
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs,
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, $44,259,000, of which $4,500,000
is for grants to Heritage areas in accordance with section 606
of title VI, division I and titles I–VI and VIII–IX, division II of
Public Law 104–333 and is to remain available until September
30, 1999.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preserva-
tion Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the Omnibus
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–333), $40,812,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1999, of which
$4,200,000 pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall
remain available until expended.
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CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, including the modifications authorized by section
104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion
Act of 1989, $214,901,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That $500,000 for the Rutherford B. Hayes Home;
$600,000 for the Sotterly Plantation House; $500,000 for the Darwin
Martin House in Buffalo, New York; $500,000 for the Penn Center,
South Carolina; and $1,000,000 for the Vietnam Veterans Museum
in Chicago, Illinois shall be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided further, That $3,000,000
for the Hispanic Cultural Center, New Mexico, is subject to
authorization: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this Act may be used to relocate the Brooks River Lodge in
Katmai National Park and Preserve from its current physical loca-
tion.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1998 by 16
U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through
11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands
or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority
applicable to the National Park Service, $143,290,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended, of which $1,000,000 is to administer the State
assistance program: Provided, That any funds made available for
the purpose of acquisition of the Elwha and Glines dams shall
be used solely for acquisition, and shall not be expended until
the full purchase amount has been appropriated by the Congress:
Provided further, That from the funds made available for land
acquisition at Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National
Preserve, the Secretary may provide for Federal assistance to the
State of Florida for the acquisition of lands or waters, or interests
therein, within the Everglades watershed (consisting of lands and
waters within the boundaries of the South Florida Water Manage-
ment District, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys) under terms
and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary, to improve and
restore the hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may provide such funds to the
State of Florida for acquisitions within Stormwater Treatment Area
1–E, including reimbursement for lands or waters, or interests
therein, within Stormwater Treatment Area 1–E acquired by the
State of Florida prior to the enactment of this Act: Provided further,
That funds provided under this heading to the State of Florida
shall be subject to an agreement that such lands will be managed
in perpetuity for the restoration of the Everglades.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available
for the purchase of not to exceed 396 passenger motor vehicles,
of which 302 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed
315 for police-type use, 13 buses, and 6 ambulances: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service
may be used to process any grant or contract documents which
do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may
be used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been submit-
ted to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior to the
expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in which
either House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment
of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President
of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report on the development
of the southern end of Ellis Island, including the facts and cir-
cumstances relied upon in support of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the United
Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating units
based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs
designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to encour-
age employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits pursuant
to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to return to appropriate
positions for which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, and the mineral and water resources
of the United States, its territories and possessions, and other
areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify
lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering
supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program
(30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the
foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the economic
conditions affecting mining and materials processing industries (30
U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes
as authorized by law and to publish and disseminate data;
$759,160,000 of which $66,231,000 shall be available only for
cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources inves-
tigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain available until
expended for conducting inquiries into the economic conditions
affecting mining and materials processing industries; and of which
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for development
of a mineral and geologic database; and of which $145,159,000
shall be available until September 30, 1999 for the biological
research activity and the operation of the Cooperative Research
Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided for the biological
research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private
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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.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geological Sur-
vey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 53 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement only; reimbursement
to the General Services Administration for security guard services;
contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations and
observation wells; expenses of the United States National Commit-
tee on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of
persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent
the United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate
compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appropriations herein
made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, grants,
or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.:
Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey may
contract directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions
or nonprofit organizations, without regard to section 41 U.S.C.
5, for the temporary or intermittent services of science students
or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the
purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating
to compensation for work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be consid-
ered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties,
as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable
to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and operat-
ing contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements;
including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only; $137,521,000, of which not less than
$68,574,000 shall be available for royalty management activities;
and an amount not to exceed $65,000,000, to be credited to this
appropriation and to remain available until expended, from addi-
tions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on
August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for Outer
Continental Shelf administrative activities performed by the Min-
erals Management Service over and above the rates in effect on
September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Continental
Shelf administrative activities established after September 30, 1993:
Provided, That $3,000,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain
available until September 30, 1999: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this Act shall be available for the payment
of interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided
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further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be available for
refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases
in which the Director of the Minerals Management Service con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian
allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous pay-
ments.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title
IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201
of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,118,000, which shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability 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 Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law
95–87, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10
passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; $94,937,000, and
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be
credited to this account, to remain available until expended, from
performance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1998: Provided, That
the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may utilize
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal
year 1998 for civil penalties assessed under section 518 of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C.
1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices
after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87,
as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $177,624,000, to be derived
from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to
remain available until expended; of which up to $5,000,000 shall
be for supplemental grants to States for the reclamation of aban-
doned sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines through
the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal
year 1998: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program author-
ized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as amended, of which
no more than 25 percent shall be used for emergency reclamation
projects in any one State and funds for federally administered
emergency reclamation projects under this proviso shall not exceed
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$11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year unobligated funds
appropriated for the emergency reclamation program shall not be
subject to the 25 percent limitation per State and may be used
without fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: Provided fur-
ther, 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 further, That
funds made available to States under title IV of Public Law 95–
87 may be used, at their discretion, for any required non-Federal
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Government
for the purpose of environmental restoration related to treatment
or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Pro-
vided further, That such projects must be consistent with the pur-
poses and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act: Provided further, That the State of Maryland may set aside
the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants
made available to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231
et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an acid mine
drainage abatement and treatment fund established under a State
law, pursuant to which law the amount (together with all interest
earned on the amount) is expended by the State to undertake
acid mine drainage abatement and treatment projects, except that
before any amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants
are deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment
fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act priority one projects.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants including
expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services for
Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other
organizations, including payment of care, tuition, assistance, and
other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, or institutions, or
schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance
of law and order; management, development, improvement, and
protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdic-
tion of the Bureau, including payment of irrigation assessments
and charges; acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian indus-
trial and business enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts
shops and museums; development of Indian arts and crafts, as
authorized by law; for the general administration of the Bureau,
including such expenses in field offices; maintaining of Indian res-
ervation roads as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101; and construction, repair,
and improvement of Indian housing, $1,528,588,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999 except as otherwise provided
herein, of which not to exceed $93,825,000 shall be for welfare
assistance payments and not to exceed $105,829,000 shall be for
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract support
costs associated with ongoing contracts or grants or compacts
entered into with the Bureau prior to fiscal year 1998, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and
up to $5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determination Fund,
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(B) LANDS.—None of the lands conveyed to the
Miccosukee Tribe under this Act or the Settlement Agree-
ment shall be taxable under Federal or State law.
(2) PAYMENTS AND CONVEYANCES NOT TAXABLE EVENTS.—
No payment or conveyance referred to in paragraph (1) shall
be considered to be a taxable event.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.