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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
INDIAN EDUCATION
For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent
not otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and
section 215 of the Department of Education Organization
Act, $52,500,000.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $20,345,000 $19,345,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible
individuals and groups including evictees from District 6,
Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly
substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible
and not included in the preceding categories: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds contained in this or any other
Act may be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family
who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled
on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new
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or replacement home is provided for such household: Pro-
vided further, That no relocatee will be provided with more
than one new or replacement home: Provided further, That
the Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees
who have selected and received an approved homesite on
the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence
off the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursu-
ant to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20
U.S.C. 56, part A), $5,500,000.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
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(for terms not to exceed thirty years), and protection of
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up
to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, re-
pair, 
and 
cleaning 
of 
uniforms 
for 
employees;
$317,188,000
$317,582,000, of which not to exceed
$31,664,000 $30,665,000 for the instrumentation pro-
gram, collections acquisition, Museum Support Center
equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, the Na-
tional Museum of the American Indian, the repatriation
of skeletal remains program, research equipment, informa-
tion management, and Latino programming shall remain
available until expended, and including such funds as may
be necessary to support American overseas research cen-
ters and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American
Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein are available for advance payments to inde-
pendent contractors performing research services or par-
ticipating in official Smithsonian presentations.
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
For necessary expenses of planning, construction, re-
modeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the
National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise,
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$3,250,000 $4,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of
buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section
2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including
not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $39,954,000 $38,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior
repair or restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution may be negotiated with selected contractors and
awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well
as price.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for construction, $7,000,000
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
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(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for
membership in library, museum, and art associations or
societies whose publications or services are available to
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $53,899,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for
the special exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized, $5,942,000, to remain available
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until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $10,875,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of capital repair and rehabili-
tation of the existing features of the building and site of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$9,000,000, to remain available until expended.
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,840,000.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $82,734,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects
and productions in the arts through assistance to organi-
zations and individuals pursuant to section 5(c) of the Act,
and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain
available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $16,760,000, to remain available
until expended, to the National Endowment for the Arts:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for ob-
ligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total
amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and
other property accepted by the Chairman or by grantees
of the Endowment under the provisions of section
10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $92,994,000 $87,994,000 shall be available
to the National Endowment for the Humanities for sup-
port of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section
7(c) of the Act, and for administering the functions of the
Act, to remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $11,500,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $7,500,000 shall be available to
the National Endowment for the Humanities for the pur-
poses of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as
may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and
devises of money, and other property accepted by the
Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the
provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B)
during the current and preceding fiscal years for which
equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and
Cultural Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $21,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $867,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $6,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$2,500,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
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available for the compensation of Executive Level V or
higher position.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$5,390,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be
compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for Executive
Schedule Level IV.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roo-
sevelt Memorial Commission, established by the Act of Au-
gust 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law
92–332 (86 Stat. 401), $125,000 $500,000 to remain
available until expended.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as
amended, $29,707,000 $30,707,000, of which $1,575,000
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s exhibitions program shall
remain available until expended.
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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless advance notice of such assessments and
the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and are approved by such Committees.
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
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pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
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Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 310. Where the actual costs of construction
projects under self-determination contracts, compacts, or
grants, pursuant to Public Laws 93–638, 103–413, or
100–297, are less than the estimated costs thereof, use
of the resulting excess funds shall be determined by the
appropriate Secretary after consultation with the tribes.
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding Public Law 103–413,
quarterly payments of funds to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions under annual funding agreements pursuant to sec-
tion 108 of Public Law 93–638, as amended, may be made
on the first business day following the first day of a fiscal
quarter.
SEC. 312. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps program, unless the relevant agencies of the
Department of the Interior and/or Agriculture follow ap-
propriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That if no
funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the
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VA–HUD and Independent Agencies fiscal year 1997 ap-
propriations bill, then none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 313. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey
City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pe-
destrian use of such bridge, when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with gen-
erally accepted safety standards.
SEC. 314. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended to accept or process applications for
a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under
the general mining laws.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply
if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the
claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with
the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994, and (2)
all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein
or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for
placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes
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(30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be,
were fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
(c) PROCESSING SCHEDULE.—For those applications
for patents pursuant to subsection (b) which were filed
with the Secretary of the Interior, prior to September 30,
1994, the Secretary of the Interior shall—
(1) Within three months of the enactment of
this Act, file with the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations and the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate a plan which details how the Depart-
ment of the Interior will make a final determination
as to whether or not an applicant is entitled to a
patent under the general mining laws on at least 90
percent of such applications within five years of the
enactment of this Act and file reports annually
thereafter with the same committees detailing ac-
tions taken by the Department of the Interior to
carry out such plan; and
(2) Take such actions as may be necessary to
carry out such plan.
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner,
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of
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the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified
third-party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of
Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose
and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the
standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
SEC. 315. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the pur-
poses of acquiring lands in the counties of Lawrence, Mon-
roe, or Washington, Ohio, for the Wayne National Forest.
SEC. 316. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts:
(a) The Chairperson shall only award a grant
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship.
(b) The Chairperson shall establish procedures
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant,
except a grant made to a State, regional or local
group, State or local arts agency, or regional group,
may be used to make a grant to any other organiza-
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tion or individual to conduct activity independent of
the direct grant recipient. Nothing in this subsection
shall prohibit payments made in exchange for goods
and services.
(c) No grant shall be used for seasonal support
to a group, unless the application is specific to the
contents of the season, including identified programs
and/or projects.
SEC. 317. The United States Forest Service approval
of Alternative site 2 (ALT 2), issued on December 6,
1993, is hereby authorized and approved and shall be
deemed to be consistent with, and permissible under, the
terms of Public Law 100–696 (the Arizona-Idaho Con-
servation Act of 1988).
SEC. 318. None of the funds made available to the
Department of the Interior or the Department of Agri-
culture by this or any other Act may be used to issue or
implement final regulations, rules, or policies pursuant to
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act to assert jurisdiction, management, or control
over navigable waters transferred to the State of Alaska
pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the
Alaska Statehood Act of 1959.
SEC. 319. No funds appropriated under this or any
other Act shall be used to review or modify sourcing areas
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previously approved under section 490(c)(3) of the Forest
Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–382) or to enforce or implement Federal
regulations 36 CFR part 223 promulgated on September
8, 1995. The regulations and interim rules in effect prior
to September 8, 1995 (36 CFR 223.48, 36 CFR 223.87,
36 CFR 223 subpart D, 36 CFR 223 subpart F, and 36
CFR 261.6) shall remain in effect. The Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not adopt
any policies concerning Public Law 101–382 or existing
regulations that would restrain domestic transportation or
processing of timber from private lands or impose addi-
tional accountability requirements on any timber. The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall extend until September 30,
1997, the order issued under section 491(b)(2)(A) of Pub-
lic Law 101–382 and shall issue an order under section
491(b)(2)(B) of such law that will be effective October 1,
1997.
SEC. 320. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134 is
amended as follows: Under the heading ‘‘Title III—Gen-
eral Provisions’’ amend section 315(f) by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Septem-
ber 30, 1999’’ and by striking ‘‘September 30, 2001’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
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SEC. 320. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134 is
amended as follows: Under the heading ‘‘Title III—General
Provisions’’ amend section 315(b) by striking ‘‘50, areas,’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘100, areas,’’ and amend sec-
tion 315(f) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1998’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2001’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September
30, 2002’’.
SEC. 321. None of the amounts made available by
this Act may be used for design, planning, implementa-
tion, engineering, construction, or any other activity in
connection with a scenic shoreline drive in Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore.
SEC. 322. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to trans-
fer any land into trust under section 5 of the Indian Reor-
ganization Act (25 U.S.C. 465), or any other Federal stat-
ute that does not explicitly denominate and identify a spe-
cific tribe or specific property, except when it is made
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that—
(1) a binding agreement is in place between the
tribe that will have jurisdiction over the land to be
taken into trust and the appropriate State and local
officials; and
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(2) such agreement provides, for as long as the
land is held in trust, for the collection and payment,
by any retail establishment located on the land to be
taken into trust, of State and local sales and excise
taxes, including any special tax on motor fuel, to-
bacco, or alcohol, on any retail item sold to any non-
member of the tribe for which the land is held in
trust, or an agreed upon payment in lieu of such
taxes.
SEC. 322. LAND TRANSFER, BEND SILVICULTURE LAB,
DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON.—
(a) TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY AND ALL IM-
PROVEMENTS
LOCATED
THEREON.—Notwithstanding
any other provisions of law, there is hereby trans-
ferred, without consideration and subject to existing
valid rights, all right, title and interest of the United
States in and to approximately 5.73 acres of land as
described by plat dated July 7, 1977, (which is on file
and available for public inspection in the Office of the
Chief, USDA Forest Service, Washington, D.C.), as
well as all improvements, including the Bend
Silviculture Lab located thereon, to the Central Or-
egon Community College, Bend, Oregon; this being a
portion of the same tract acquired by donation from
the City of Bend on August 10, 1960, through a Bar-
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gain and Sale deed to the USDA Forest Service for
use as a research lab, and recorded in volume 125,
page 508 of the Deschutes County, Oregon, Deed
Records.
(b) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—The transfer ef-
fected by subsection (a) is made subject to no special
terms or conditions.
SEC. 323. Upon the date of enactment of this Act, no
part of any appropriation contained in this Act or any
other Act shall be expended or obligated to fund the activi-
ties of the Office of Forestry and Economic Assistance, or
any successor office.
SEC. 324. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is author-
ized to accept title to approximately 84 acres of land located
in Prince Georges County, Maryland, adjacent to Oxon
Cove Park, and bordered generally by the Potomac River,
Interstate 295 and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, or any in-
terest therein, and in exchange therefor may convey to the
Corrections Corporation of America approximately 50 acres
of land located in Oxon Cove Park in the District of Colum-
bia and bordered generally by Oxon Cove, Interstate 295
and the District of Columbia Impound Lot, or any interest
therein.
(b) Before proceeding with an exchange, the Secretary
shall determine if the federal property is suitable for ex-
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change under the criteria normally used by the National
Park Service. The exchange shall comply with applicable
regulations and National Park Service policies for land ex-
changes.
(c)(1) The Secretary shall not acquire any lands under
this section if the Secretary determines that the lands or
any portion thereof have become contaminated with hazard-
ous substances (as defined in the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42
U.S.C. 960l)).
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States shall have no responsibility or liability with
respect to any hazardous wastes or other substances placed
on any of the lands covered by this section after their trans-
fer to the ownership of any party, but nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as either diminishing or increasing
any responsibility or liability of the United States based
on the condition of such lands on the date of their transfer
to the ownership of another party: Provided, That the Cor-
rections Corporation of America shall indemnify the United
States for liabilities arising under the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42
U.S.C. 960l) and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act
(42 U.S.C. 690l, et seq.).
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(d) The properties so exchanged either shall be ap-
proximately equal in fair market value or if they are not
approximately equal, shall be equalized by the payment of
cash to the Corporation or to the Secretary as required or
in the event the value of the Corporation’s lands is greater,
the acreage may be reduced so that the fair market value
is approximately equal: Provided, That the Secretary shall
order appraisals made of the fair market value for improve-
ments thereon: Provided further, That any such cash pay-
ment received by the Secretary shall be deposited to ‘‘Mis-
cellaneous Trust Funds, National Park Service’’ and shall
be available without further appropriation until expended
for the acquisition of land within the National Park Sys-
tem.
(e) Costs of conducting necessary land surveys, prepar-
ing the legal descriptions of the lands to be conveyed, per-
forming the appraisals, and administrative costs incurred
in completing the exchange shall be borne by the Corpora-
tion.
(f) Following any exchange authorized by this provi-
sion, the boundaries of Oxon Cove Park shall be expanded
to include the land acquired by the United States.
SEC. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act or
any other Act available to the National Park Service, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, or For-
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est Service may be obligated for the costs of employee reloca-
tion or transfer of duty at a level that exceeds ninety per-
cent of the average amounts spent for this purpose in fiscal
year 1994 and 1995.
SEC. 326. SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE.—
(a) EXCHANGE.—Subject to subsection (c), the
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as
the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall convey all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to the National
Forest System lands described in subsection (b)(1) to
Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County,
Washington (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Public
Utility District’’), in exchange for the conveyance to
the Department of Agriculture by the Public Utility
District of all right, title, and interest of the Public
Utility District in and to the lands described in sub-
section (b)(2).
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LANDS.—
(1) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.—
The National Forest System lands referred to in
subsection (a) are 122 acres, more or less, that
are partially occupied by a wastewater treat-
ment facility referred to in subsection (c)(4)(A)
with the following legal description:
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(A) The NE1⁄4 of SW1⁄4 of section 27 of
township 27 north, range 17 east, Wilamette
Meridian, Chelan County, Washington.
(B) The N1⁄2 of SE1⁄4 of SW1⁄4 of such
section 27.
(C) The W1⁄2 of NW1⁄4 of SE1⁄4 of such
section 27.
(D) The NW1⁄4 of SW1⁄4 of SE1⁄4 of
such section 27.
(E) The E1⁄2 of NW1⁄4 of the SE1⁄4 of
such section 27.
(F) That portion of the S1⁄2 of SE1⁄4 of
SW1⁄4 lying north of the northerly edge of
Highway 209 right-of-way of such section
27.
(2) PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT LANDS.—The
lands owned by the Public Utility District are
109.15 acres, more or less, with the following
legal description:
(A) S1⁄2 of SW1⁄4 of section 35 of town-
ship 26 north, range 17 east, Wilamette Me-
ridian, Chelan County, Washington.
(B) The area specified by Public Util-
ity District No. 1 as Government Lot 5 in
such section 35.
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(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCHANGE.—
(1) 
TITLE
ACCEPTANCE
AND
CONVEY-
ANCE.—Upon offer by the Public Utility District
of all right, title and interest in and to the lands
described in subsection (b)(2), if the title is found
acceptable by the Secretary, the Secretary shall
accept title to such lands and interests therein
and shall convey to the Public Utility District
all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to the lands described in subsection
(b)(1).
(2) APPRAISALS
REQUIRED.—Before mak-
ing an exchange pursuant to subsection (a), the
Secretary shall conduct appraisals of the lands
that are subject to the exchange to determine the
fair market value of the lands. Such appraisals
shall not include the value of the wastewater
treatment facility referred to in paragraph
(4)(A).
(3) ADDITIONAL
CONSIDERATION.—If, on
the basis of the appraisals made under para-
graph (1), the Secretary determines that the fair
market value of the lands to be conveyed by one
party under subsection (a) is less than the fair
market value of the lands to be conveyed by the
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other party under subsection (a), then, as a con-
dition of making the exchange under subsection
(a), the party conveying the lands with the lesser
value shall pay the other party the amount by
which the fair market value of the lands of great-
er value exceeds the fair market value of the
lands of lesser value.
(4) CONVEYANCE OF WASTEWATER TREAT-
MENT FACILITY.—(A) As part of an exchange
made under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
convey to the Public Utility District of Chelan
County, Washington, all right, title and interest
of the United States in and to the wastewater
treatment facility (including the wastewater
treatment plant and associated lagoons) located
on the lands described in subsection (b)(1) that
is in existence on the date of the exchange.
(B) As a condition for the exchange under
subsection (a), the Public Utility District shall
provide for a credit equal to the fair market
value of the wastewater treatment facility con-
veyed pursuant to subparagraph (A) (determined
as of November 4, 1991), that shall be applied to
the United States’ share of any new wastewater
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treatment facility constructed by the Public Util-
ity District after such date.
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary may require such additional terms and
conditions in connection with the exchange under this
section as the Secretary determines appropriate to
protect the interests of the United States.
SEC. 327. ‘‘Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary Ad-
justment Act of 1996.’’
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture
is hereby directed to modify the boundary of the
Snoqualmie National Forest to include and encom-
pass 10,589.47 acres, more or less, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Snoqualmie National For-
est Proposed 1996 Boundary Modification’’ dated
July, 1996. Such map, together with a legal descrip-
tion of all lands included in the boundary adjust-
ment, shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service
in Washington, District of Columbia.
(b) RULE FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUND.—For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C.
460l–9), the boundary of the Snoqualmie National
Forest, as modified pursuant to subsection (a), shall
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be considered to be the boundary of that National
Forest as of January 1, 1965.
SEC. 328. Sugarbush Land Exchange Act of 1996.
(a) EXCHANGE OR SALE OF LAND.—
(1) If Sugarbush Resort Holdings, Inc. con-
veys to the United States land acceptable to the
Secretary of Agriculture that is at least equal in
value to the value of the land described in sub-
section (a)(2), makes a payment of cash at least
equal to that value, or conveys land and makes
a payment of cash that in combination are at
least equal to that value, the Secretary, subject to
valid existing rights, shall, under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, con-
vey all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the land described in subsection
(a)(2).
(2) FEDERAL LAND TO BE EXCHANGED.—
The Federal land to be exchanged is approxi-
mately 57 acres of federally owned land in the
Green Mountain National Forest depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Green Mountain National Forest,
Sugarbush Exchange,’’ dated December 1995.
(3) Lands acquired from Sugarbush Resort
Holdings, Inc.—Any land conveyed to the Unit-