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expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and of which $75,000,000 shall be to complete 
design and begin construction of the National Museum of African 
American History and Culture: Provided, That during fiscal year 
2012 and any succeeding fiscal year, a single procurement for 
construction of the National Museum of African American History 
and Culture, as authorized under section 8 of the National Museum 
of African American History and Culture Act (20 U.S.C. 80r–6), 
may be issued that includes the full scope of the project: Provided 
further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 
‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 
the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administra-
tive 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 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in 
advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for mem-
bership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or to mem-
bers 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, alteration, 
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 proper, $114,066,000, of which not to exceed $3,481,000 
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, for operating 
lease agreements of no more than 10 years, with no extensions 
or renewals beyond the 10 years, that address space needs created 
by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as author-
ized, $14,516,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys-
tems, 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.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$23,200,000. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of 
the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, $13,650,000, 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, $11,005,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013. 
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, $146,255,000 shall 
be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support 
of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education 
and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations 
and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain 
available until expended. 
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, $146,255,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $135,500,000 shall be 
available for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the 
Act; and $10,755,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act including 
$8,370,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That appro-
priations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) 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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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 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 
from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 
grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does 
not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking 
purposes per year: Provided further, That such small grant actions 
are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delega-
tion of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the 
Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under Chapter 
91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,400,000: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs 
of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account 
as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended with-
out further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission 
is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, 
drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design 
of the Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Commis-
sion of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study or 
education. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 
(20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $2,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural 
Affairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law by section 101(d) 
of Public Law 99–190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956a) is amended— 
(1) by deleting the last sentence in the second paragraph 
and replacing it with the following: ‘‘Each eligible organization 
must have its principal place of business in the District of 
Columbia and in a facility or facilities located in the District 
of Columbia.’’; and 
(2) In the third paragraph, by deleting ‘‘in addition to 
those herein named’’ at the end of the sentence.
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), $6,108,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning 
Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,154,000: Pro-
vided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and representational 
expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged in 
the planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $50,798,000, of 
which $515,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014, 
for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; and of which 
$1,900,000 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program 
and $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall 
remain available until expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $12,000,000 
shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until 
expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the costs of construction 
design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission for design and construction of a memorial in honor 
of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as authorized by Public Law 106–79, 
$30,990,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
beginning in fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, any procurement for 
the construction of the permanent memorial to Dwight D. Eisen-
hower, as authorized by section 8162 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (16 U.S.C. 431 note; Public Law 106– 
79), as amended by section 8120 of the Department of Defense
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Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–117), may be issued 
which includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 
the solicitation and contract with respect to the procurement shall 
contain the ‘‘availability of funds’’ clause described in section 
52.232.18 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided further, 
That the funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to satisfy 
the criteria for issuing a permit contained in 40 U.S.C. 8906(a)(4) 
and (b). 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
LIMITATION ON CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant 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 existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available for any activity or the publication 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 other than to communicate to Members 
of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 
SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment 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. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves 
or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities 
to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau 
administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central oper-
ations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall 
be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.
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GIANT SEQUOIA 
SEC. 406. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 
prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant 
sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National 
Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner 
different than such sales were conducted in fiscal year 2011. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 407. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall 
be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a 
patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 
mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—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, 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 (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) REPORT.—On September 30, 2013, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104– 
208). 
(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 the Interior shall allow 
the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected 
by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct 
a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained 
in a patent application 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. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
SEC. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
appropriated to or otherwise designated in committee reports for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by 
Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105– 
277, 106–113, 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109– 
54, 109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public 
Laws 110–5 and 110–28), Public Laws 110–92, 110–116, 110–137, 
110–149, 110–161, 110–329, 111–6, 111–8, 111–88, and 112–10 
for payments for contract support costs associated with self-deter-
mination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual
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funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian 
Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts 
available for fiscal years 1994 through 2011 for such purposes, 
except that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organiza-
tions may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract 
support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, 
or annual funding agreements. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 409. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered 
to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed with-
out revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. 
Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other 
requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, 
That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, 
within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 
National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect 
to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 410. No funds provided in this Act may be expended 
to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either 
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the 
boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the 
Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary 
existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are 
allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such 
monument. 
AMENDMENTS TO THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY WILDFIRE 
SUPPRESSION ACT 
SEC. 411. The Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1856m et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in the first section (42 U.S.C. 1856m note)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘That this’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Temporary’’; 
(2) by striking section 2 (42 U.S.C. 1856m) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) ASSUME ANY AND ALL LIABILITY.—The term ‘assume 
any and all liability’ means— 
‘‘(A) the payment of— 
‘‘(i) any judgment, settlement, fine, penalty, or cost 
assessment (including prevailing party legal fees) asso-
ciated with the applicable litigation; and
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‘‘(ii) any cost incurred in handling the applicable 
litigation (including legal fees); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a Federal firefighter, arranging 
for, and paying the costs of, representation in the applicable 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER.—The term ‘Federal firefighter’ 
means an individual furnished by the Secretary of Agriculture 
or the Secretary of the Interior under an agreement entered 
into under section 3. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN FIRE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘foreign fire 
organization’ means any foreign governmental, public, or pri-
vate entity that has wildfire protection resources. 
‘‘(4) FOREIGN FIREFIGHTER.—The term ‘foreign firefighter’ 
means an individual furnished by a foreign fire organization 
under an agreement entered into under section 3. 
‘‘(5) WILDFIRE.—The term ‘wildfire’ means any forest or 
range fire. 
‘‘(6) WILDFIRE PROTECTION RESOURCES.—The term ‘wildfire 
protection resources’ means any personnel, supplies, equipment, 
or other resources required for wildfire presuppression and 
suppression activities.’’; 
(3) in section 3 (42 U.S.C. 1856n)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary of Agriculture’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) EXCHANGE OF WILDFIRE PROTECTION RESOURCES UNDER 
A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH A FOREIGN FIRE ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) Any agree-
ment’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.—Any 
agreement’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(b) In the absence’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCHANGE OF WILDFIRE PROTECTION RESOURCES WITHOUT 
A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.—In the absence’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘United States, 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘United States; and’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH CANADA.—Not-
withstanding’’; and 
(D) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking, ‘‘(d) Any service’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) SERVICE
PERFORMED
UNDER
THIS
ACT
BY
FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any service’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) EFFECT.—Except as provided in section 4, the’’; 
(4) by redesignating section 4 (42 U.S.C. 1856o) as section 
5; 
(5) by inserting after section 3 the following:
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‘‘SEC. 4. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS WITH LIABILITY COVERAGE. 
‘‘(a) PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY FOR FOREIGN FIREFIGHTERS 
AND FOREIGN FIRE ORGANIZATIONS.—Subject to subsection (b), in 
an agreement with a foreign fire organization entered into under 
section 3, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior may provide that— 
‘‘(1) a foreign firefighter shall be considered to be an 
employee of the United States for purposes of tort liability 
while the foreign firefighter is acting within the scope of an 
official duty under the agreement; and 
‘‘(2) any claim against the foreign fire organization or any 
legal organization associated with the foreign firefighter that 
arises out of an act or omission of the foreign firefighter in 
the performance of an official duty under the agreement, or 
that arises out of any other act, omission, or occurrence for 
which the foreign fire organization or legal organization associ-
ated with the foreign firefighter is legally responsible under 
applicable law, may be prosecuted only— 
‘‘(A) against the United States; and 
‘‘(B) as if the act or omission were the act or omission 
of an employee of the United States. 
‘‘(b) PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY FOR FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS 
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior may provide the protections under 
subsection (a) if the foreign fire organization agrees— 
‘‘(1) to assume any and all liability for any legal action 
brought against the Federal firefighter for an act or omission 
of the Federal firefighter while acting within the scope of an 
official duty under the agreement; and 
‘‘(2) to the extent the United States or any legal organiza-
tion associated with the Federal firefighter is not entitled to 
immunity from the jurisdiction of the courts having jurisdiction 
over the foreign fire organization receiving the services of the 
Federal firefighters, to assume any and all liability for any 
legal action brought against the United States or the legal 
organization arising out of— 
‘‘(A) an act or omission of the Federal firefighter in 
the performance of an official duty under the agreement; 
or 
‘‘(B) any other act, omission, or occurrence for which 
the United States or the legal organization associated with 
the Federal firefighter is legally responsible under the laws 
applicable to the foreign fire organization.’’; and 
(6) in section 5 (as redesignated by paragraph (4))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under section 3(c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘under this Act’’; and 
(B) in the proviso— 
(i) by striking ‘‘wildfire protection resources or per-
sonnel’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘wildfire 
protection resources (including personnel)’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘for wildfire suppression activities’’ 
before ‘‘unless’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘provide wildfire protection’’ and 
inserting ‘‘provide wildfire suppression’’.
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CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 412. In awarding a Federal contract with funds made 
available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Government procure-
ment and contracting laws, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Secretaries’’) may, in evaluating 
bids and proposals, through fiscal year 2013, give consideration 
to local contractors who are from, and who provide employment 
and training for, dislocated and displaced workers in an economi-
cally disadvantaged rural community, including those historically 
timber-dependent areas that have been affected by reduced timber 
harvesting on Federal lands and other forest-dependent rural 
communities isolated from significant alternative employment 
opportunities: Provided, That notwithstanding Federal Government 
procurement and contracting laws the Secretaries may award con-
tracts, grants or cooperative agreements to local non-profit entities, 
Youth Conservation Corps or related partnerships with State, local 
or non-profit youth groups, or small or micro-business or disadvan-
taged business: Provided further, That the contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement is for forest hazardous fuels reduction, water-
shed or water quality monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish 
population monitoring, road decommissioning, trail maintenance 
or improvement, or habitat restoration or management: Provided 
further, That the terms ‘‘rural community’’ and ‘‘economically dis-
advantaged’’ shall have the same meanings as in section 2374 
of Public Law 101–624 (16 U.S.C. 6612): Provided further, That 
the Secretaries shall develop guidance to implement this section: 
Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed 
as relieving the Secretaries of any duty under applicable procure-
ment laws, except as provided in this section. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 413. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appro-
priated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in 
lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking 
or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this 
provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 
or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 414. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be adver-
tised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the 
timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs 
and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest 
Service’s appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value 
appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which 
is surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 
United States at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western 
red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States 
domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the 
election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may
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be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber 
sale holder. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public 
Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits at the 
Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, shall remain 
in effect for fiscal years 2012 and 2013. A grazing permit or lease 
issued by the Secretary of the Interior for lands administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management that is the subject of a request 
for a grazing preference transfer shall be issued, without further 
processing, for the remaining time period in the existing permit 
or lease using the same mandatory terms and conditions. If the 
authorized officer determines a change in the mandatory terms 
and conditions is required, the new permit must be processed as 
directed in section 325 of Public Law 108–108. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used 
to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered 
into in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 
41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States 
Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 
entered into without regard for these requirements, including 
formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian tribes; 
or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education and Assistance Act (Public Law 93– 
638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., as amended) or by any other Federal 
laws that specifically authorize a contract within an Indian 
tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); 
or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 417. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 
SEC. 418. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
for the Arts—
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(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an indi-
vidual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a lit-
erature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American 
Jazz Masters Fellowship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 
used to make a grant to any other organization 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. 
(3) 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. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES 
SEC. 419. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assist-
ance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Human-
ities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure 
that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 
assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that 
serve underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a population 
of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically 
been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs 
due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the 
poverty line or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty line (as 
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to 
a family of the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 
is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage 
public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 
5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
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(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
improve and support community-based music performance and 
education. 
USE OF COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS 
SEC. 420. Section 6(d) of Public Law 96–297 (16 U.S.C. 431 
note), as added by section 101 of Public Law 108–126, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, except funds awarded through competitive grants,’’ 
after ‘‘No Federal funds’’. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 421. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Realignment 
and Enhancement Act of 2005 (title V of Public Law 109–54; 16 
U.S.C. 580d note), as amended by section 422(1) of Public Law 
111–8 (123 Stat. 748), is further amended by striking ‘‘2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
SERVICE FIRST 
SEC. 422. Section 330 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–291; 
114 Stat. 996; 43 U.S.C. 1701 note), concerning Service First 
authorities, as amended by section 428 of Public Law 109–54 (119 
Stat. 555–556) and section 418 of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 
747), is amended— 
(1) by striking in the first sentence ‘‘In fiscal years 2001 
through 2011’’, and inserting ‘‘In fiscal year 2012 and each 
fiscal year thereafter’’; and 
(2) by striking in the first sentence ‘‘pilot programs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘programs.’’ 
FEDERAL, STATE, COOPERATIVE FOREST, RANGE-LAND AND 
WATERSHED RESTORATION IN UTAH 
SEC. 423. The authority provided by section 337 of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3012), as amended, shall 
remain in effect until September 30, 2013. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 424. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health 
Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 
of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, 
and unobligated funds in each program and activity. 
REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS 
SEC. 425. Not later than 120 days after the date on which 
the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget request is submitted to 
Congress, the President shall submit a comprehensive report to 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate describing 
in detail all Federal agency funding, domestic and international, 
for climate change programs, projects and activities in fiscal year
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2011, including an accounting of funding by agency with each 
agency identifying climate change programs, projects and activities 
and associated costs by line item as presented in the President’s 
Budget Appendix, and including citations and linkages where prac-
ticable to each strategic plan that is driving funding within each 
climate change program, project and activity listed in the report. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 426. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may 
be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 
issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or 
methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated 
with livestock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 427. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 
management systems. 
FOREST SERVICE PRE-DECISIONAL OBJECTION PROCESS 
SEC. 428. Hereafter, upon issuance of final regulations, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
Service, shall apply section 105(a) of the Healthy Forests Restora-
tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6515(a)), providing for a pre-decisional 
objection process, to proposed actions of the Forest Service con-
cerning projects and activities implementing land and resource 
management plans developed under the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et 
seq.), and documented with a Record of Decision or Decision Notice, 
in lieu of subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 322 of Public 
Law 102–381 (16 U.S.C. 1612 note), providing for an administrative 
appeal process: Provided, That if the Chief of the Forest Service 
determines an emergency situation exists for which immediate 
implementation of a proposed action is necessary, the proposed 
action shall not be subject to the pre-decisional objection process, 
and implementation shall begin immediately after the Forest 
Service gives notice of the final decision for the proposed action: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to an authorized 
hazardous fuel reduction project under title I of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.). 
SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 429. From the date of enactment of this Act until Sep-
tember 30, 2012, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall not require a permit under section 402 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342), nor shall the Adminis-
trator directly or indirectly require any State to require a permit, 
for discharges of stormwater runoff from roads, the construction,