ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
operations throughout the Department, $58,778,000, to 
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 
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expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 
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-
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curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 
to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For necessary expenses for payments authorized by 
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, $500,000,000 
shall be available for fiscal year 2019. 
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. 
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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; 
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-
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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 
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-
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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 
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 
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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-
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. 
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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). 
(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. 
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(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. 
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 
the report accompanying this Act. 
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 
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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. 
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. 
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 
SEC. 111. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division 
E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 2022,’’ in the first 
sentence and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal 
year thereafter,’’. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 112. 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 
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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. 113. 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 
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. 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 114. (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-
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. 
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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)— 
(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; or 
(3) a final rule for the Bi-State distinct popu-
lation segment of greater sage-grouse. 
REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULES 
SEC. 116. (a) The final rule published on September 
10, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 55530) that was reinstated on 
March 3, 2017, by the decision of the U.S. Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Columbia (No. 14-5300) and fur-
ther republished on May 1, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 20284) 
that reinstates the removal of Federal protections for the 
gray wolf in Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and this subsection, 
shall not be subject to judicial review. 
(b) Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall reissue the final rule published on December 
28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666), without regard to any 
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other provision of statute or regulation that applies to 
issuance of such rule. Such reissuance (including this sub-
section) shall not be subject to judicial review. 
GRAY WOLVES RANGE-WIDE 
SEC. 117. (a) Not later than the end of fiscal year 
2019, and except as provided in subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall issue a rule to remove the gray 
wolf (Canis lupus) in each of the 48 contiguous States 
of the United States and the District of Columbia from 
the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in section 
17.11 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, without 
regard to any other provision of statute or regulation that 
applies to issuance of such rule. 
(b) Such issuance (including this section)— 
(1) shall not be subject to judicial review; and 
(2) shall not affect the inclusion of the sub-
species classified as the Mexican gray wolf (Canis 
lupus baileyi) of the species gray wolf (Canis lupus) 
in such list. 
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce, refer for enforce-
ment, or to assist any other agency in enforcing section 
251 of title 25, United States Code. 
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CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY 
SEC. 119. Section 113 of Division G of Public Law 
113–76 is amended by striking ‘‘2019,’’ and inserting 
‘‘2024,’’. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN HISTORIC 
DESIGNATION 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to make a determination of eligibility 
or to list the Trestles Historic District, San Diego County, 
California, on the National Register of Historic Places. 
INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE RETITLED; PAUL 
H. DOUGLAS TRAIL REDESIGNATION 
SEC. 121. (a) INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKE 
SHORE RETITLED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Public Law 89–761 (16 
U.S.C. 460u et seq.) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘National Lakeshore’’ and 
‘‘national lakeshore’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘National Park’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘lakeshore’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Park’’. 
(2) NONAPPLICATION.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to— 
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