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funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $59,682,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $504,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts,
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee
and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro-
gram account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits,
and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles,
of which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations or pooled overhead general administration (ex-
cept facilities operations and maintenance) shall be avail-
able for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
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distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish
the Federal government’s trust responsibility to that tribe,
or the government-to-government relationship between the
United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access
future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452
et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any
elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
Appropriations made available in this or any other
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only
to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September
1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory be-
yond the grade structure in place or approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school
system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made available under
this Act may be used to fund a Bureau-funded school (as
that term is defined in section 1146 of the Education
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)) that shares a cam-
pus with a school that offers expanded grades and that is
not a Bureau-funded school, if the jointly incurred costs of
both schools are apportioned between the 2 programs of the
schools in such manner as to ensure that the expanded
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grades are funded solely from funds that are not made
available through the Bureau.
The Tate Topa Tribal School, the Black Mesa Commu-
nity School, the Alamo Navajo School, and other BIA-fund-
ed schools, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, may use prior year school operations funds for the
replacement or repair of BIA education facilities which are
in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a) and which shall be
eligible for operation and maintenance support to the same
extent as other BIA education facilities: Provided, That any
additional construction costs for replacement or repair of
such facilities begun with prior year funds shall be com-
pleted exclusively with non-Federal funds.
DEPARTMENT OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$67,325,000, of which: (1) $63,076,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in Amer-
ican Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized
by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of
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American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for
construction and support of governmental functions; grants
to the Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized by
law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by
law; and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana
Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat.
272); and (2) $4,249,000 shall be available for salaries and
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such
governments, may be audited by the General Accounting Of-
fice, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title
31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern
Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public
Law 104–134: Provided further, That Public Law 94–241,
as amended, is further amended (1) in section 4(b) by delet-
ing ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’ and by deleting the
comma after the words ‘‘$11,000,000 annually’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘and for fiscal year 2000,
payments to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands shall be $5,580,000, but shall return to the level of
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$11,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2001 and 2002. In
fiscal year 2003, the payment to the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands shall be $5,420,000. Such pay-
ments shall be’’; and (2) in section (4)(c) by adding a new
subsection as follows: ‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2000, $5,420,000
shall be provided to the Virgin Islands for correctional fa-
cilities and other projects mandated by Federal law.’’: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for technical
assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a
grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That
the funds for the program of operations and maintenance
improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine
operations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and the Federated States of Micronesia through assessments
of long-range operations maintenance needs, improved ca-
pability of local operations and maintenance institutions
and agencies (including management and vocational edu-
cation training), and project-specific maintenance (with
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined
by the Secretary based on the individual territory’s commit-
ment to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance
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under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations
Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds for the
purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to
section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232,
and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, and for eco-
nomic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic
of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232,
and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, $20,545,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by Public
Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $62,203,000, of which not to exceed
$8,500 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses and up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers
compensation payments and unemployment compensation
payments associated with the orderly closure of the United
States Bureau of Mines.
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$36,784,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $26,614,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $73,836,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs and Departmental Management: Provided further,
That funds made available to Tribes and Tribal organiza-
tions through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal
year 2000, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available
until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any
claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the
date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or
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mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or
individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting
of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine
whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
not be required to provide a quarterly statement of perform-
ance for any Indian trust account that has not had activity
for at least eighteen months and has a balance of $1.00 or
less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an an-
nual account statement and maintain a record of any such
accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account
to be withdrawn upon the express written request of the ac-
count holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PILOT
For implementation of a pilot program for consolida-
tion of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct ex-
penditure or cooperative agreement, $5,000,000 to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $500,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided,
That the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement,
which shall not be subject to Public Law 93–638, as amend-
ed, with a tribe having jurisdiction over the pilot reserva-
tion to implement the program to acquire fractional inter-
ests on behalf of such tribe: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may develop a reservation-wide system for estab-
lishing the fair market value of various types of lands and
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improvements to govern the amounts offered for acquisition
of fractional interests: Provided further, That acquisitions
shall be limited to one or more pilot reservations as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds shall
be available for acquisition of fractional interests in trust
or restricted lands with the consent of its owners and at
fair market value, and the Secretary shall hold in trust for
such tribe all interests acquired pursuant to this pilot pro-
gram: Provided further, That all proceeds from any lease,
resource sale contract, right-of-way or other transaction de-
rived from the fractional interest shall be credited to this
appropriation, and remain available until expended, until
the purchase price paid by the Secretary under this appro-
priation has been recovered from such proceeds: Provided
further, That once the purchase price has been recovered,
all subsequent proceeds shall be managed by the Secretary
for the benefit of the applicable tribe or paid directly to
the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment activi-
ties by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry
out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42
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U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and Public Law 101–337;
$4,621,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may
be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset
the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Provided
further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds
in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the Solic-
itor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be augmented
through the Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated
Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
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 unavoidable
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causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available
under this authority until funds specifically made available
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section are hereby designated by Congress to
be 
‘‘emergency 
requirements’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested as
promptly as possible.
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 programs
of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency
prevention of forest or range 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 potential
or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un-
avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage
assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the pre-
vention, suppression, and control of actual or potential
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority
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in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 (99 Stat. 1658);
for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of
Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year
funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit
assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy
State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the
Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made
in this title for fire suppression purposes shall be available
for the payment of obligations incurred during the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equip-
ment in connection with their use for fire suppression pur-
poses, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations
currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided
further, That for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire sup-
pression activities, no funds shall be made available under
this authority until funds appropriated to ‘‘Wildland Fire
Management’’ shall have been exhausted: Provided further,
That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such
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replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro
rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were
transferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other
activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535
and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That
reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equip-
ment, and for services rendered may be credited to the ap-
propriation current at the time such reimbursements are
received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of
the Interior in this title shall be available for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Sec-
retary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, main-
tenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service
in private residences in the field, when authorized under
regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of
dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library member-
ship in societies or associations which issue publications to
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members only or at a price to members lower than to sub-
scribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available
for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of northern, central, and southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore
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oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activi-
ties in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any
lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final
Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram, 1997–2002.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the
Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 111. Advance payments made under this title to
Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Con-
trolled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may
be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or con-
sortium before such funds are expended for the purposes of
the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement so long
as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guaran-
teed or insured by the United States, or mutual (or
other) funds registered with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission and which only invest in obliga-
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tions of the United States or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are insured
by an agency or instrumentality of the United States,
or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the
funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 112. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bu-
reau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay under
5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary of the
Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance pay
to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid severance
pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by the
Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment provi-
sions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any repay-
ment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to continue
health benefits after separation shall be liable for not more
than the required employee contribution under 5 U.S.C.
8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for 18 months
the remaining portion of required contributions.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for
training to assist Helium Operations employees in the tran-
sition to other Federal or private sector jobs during the fa-
cility shut-down and disposition process and for up to 12
months following separation from Federal employment, in-
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cluding retraining and relocation incentives on the same
terms and conditions as authorized for employees of the De-
partment of Defense in section 348 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
(d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration provi-
sions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium pro-
duction and sales, and other related Helium Program ac-
tivities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public busi-
ness under, and annual leave that is lost during leave years
1997 through 2001 because of 5 U.S.C. 6304 (regardless of
whether such leave was scheduled in advance) shall be re-
stored to the employee and shall be credited and available
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual leave so
restored and remaining unused upon the transfer of a He-
lium Program employee to a position of the executive
branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liquidated
by payment to the employee of a lump sum from the Helium
Fund for such leave.
(e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the He-
lium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made avail-
able to Helium Program employees who are or will be sepa-
rated before October 1, 2002 because of the cessation of he-
lium production and sales and other related activities. Re-
training benefits, including retraining and relocation in-
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centives, may be paid for retraining commencing on or be-
fore September 30, 2002.
(f) This section shall remain in effect through fiscal
year 2002.
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975, as amended, funds available herein and here-
after under this title for Indian self-determination or self-
governance contract or grant support costs may be expended
only for costs directly attributable to contracts, grants and
compacts pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act
and no funds appropriated in this title shall be available
for any contract support costs or indirect costs associated
with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-gov-
ernance compact or funding agreement entered into between
an Indian tribe or tribal organization and any entity other
than an agency of the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-
local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide for
and regulate local non-recreational passage through units
of the National Park System, allowing each unit to develop
guidelines and permits for such activity appropriate to that
unit.
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SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the Secretary is author-
ized to permit persons, firms or organizations engaged in
commercial, cultural, educational, or recreational activities
(as defined in section 612a of title 40, United States Code)
not currently occupying such space to use courtyards, audi-
toriums, meeting rooms, and other space of the main and
south Interior building complex, Washington, D.C., the
maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been
delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, and to assess reasonable
charges therefore, subject to such procedures as the Secretary
deems appropriate for such uses. Charges may be for the
space, utilities, maintenance, repair, and other services.
Charges for such space and services may be at rates equiva-
lent to the prevailing commercial rate for comparable space
and services devoted to a similar purpose in the vicinity
of the main and south Interior building complex, Wash-
ington, D.C. for which charges are being assessed. The Sec-
retary may without further appropriation hold, administer,
and use such proceeds within the Departmental Manage-
ment Working Capital Fund to offset the operation of the
buildings under his jurisdiction, whether delegated or other-
wise, and for related purposes, until expended.
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SEC. 116. (a) In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Huron Cemetery’’ means the lands
that form the cemetery that is popularly known as the
Huron Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Kansas, as
described in subsection (b)(3); and
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron
Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in
accordance with this subsection.
(2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used
only—
(A) for religious and cultural uses that are com-
patible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
(B) as a burial ground.
(3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery
is as follows:
The tract of land in the NW quarter of sec. 10, T. 11
S., R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte
County, Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground
on August 15, 1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and
Surveyor), described as follows:
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‘‘Commencing on the Northwest corner of the
Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 10;
‘‘Thence South 28 poles to the ‘true point of be-
ginning’;
‘‘Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18
links;
‘‘Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West
28 poles;
‘‘Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
‘‘Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31
poles and 15 feet to the ‘true point of beginning’, con-
taining 2 acres or more.’’.
SEC. 117. Grazing permits and leases which expire or
are transferred, in this or any fiscal year, shall be renewed
under the same terms and conditions as contained in the
expiring permit or lease until such time as the Secretary
of the Interior completes the process of renewing the permits
or leases in compliance with all applicable laws. Nothing
in this language shall be deemed to affect the Secretary’s
statutory authority or the rights of the permittee or lessee.
SEC. 118. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the Depart-
ment of the Interior’s charge card programs may be depos-
ited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in the
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Departmental Working Capital Fund established under 43
U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund management initiatives of
general benefit to the Department of the Interior’s bureaus
and offices as determined by the Secretary or his designee.
SEC. 119. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
to the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level
Implementation Plan.
SEC. 120. All properties administered by the National
Park Service at Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recre-
ation Area, and leases, concessions, permits and other
agreements associated with those properties, shall be exempt
from all taxes and special assessments, except sales tax, by
the State of California and its political subdivisions, in-
cluding the County of Marin and the City of Sausalito.
Such areas of Fort Baker shall remain under exclusive fed-
eral jurisdiction.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and
enter into agreements and leases, without regard to section
321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C.
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303b), with any person, firm, association, organization,
corporation, or governmental entity for all or part of the
property within Fort Baker administered by the Secretary
as part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The pro-
ceeds of the agreements or leases shall be retained by the
Secretary and such proceeds shall be available, without fu-
ture appropriation, for the preservation, restoration, oper-
ation, maintenance and interpretation and related expenses
incurred with respect to Fort Baker properties.
SEC. 122. None of the funds provided in this or any
other Act may be used for pre-design, design or engineering
for the removal of the Elwha or Glines Canyon Dams, or
for the actual removal of either dam, until such time as
both dams are acquired by the Federal government notwith-
standing the proviso in section 3(a) of Public Law 102–
495, as amended.
SEC. 123. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
cited as the ‘‘Battle of Midway National Memorial Study
Act’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) September 2, 1997, marked the 52nd anni-
versary of the United States victory over Japan in
World War II.
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(2) The Battle of Midway proved to be the turn-
ing point in the war in the Pacific, as United States
Navy forces inflicted such severe losses on the Impe-
rial Japanese Navy during the battle that the Impe-
rial Japanese Navy never again took the offensive
against the United States or the allied forces.
(3) During the Battle of Midway on June 4,
1942, an outnumbered force of the United States
Navy, consisting of 29 ships and other units of the
Armed Forces under the command of Admiral Nimitz
and Admiral Spruance, out-maneuvered and out-
fought 350 ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
(4) It is in the public interest to study whether
Midway Atoll should be established as a national me-
morial to the Battle of Midway to express the endur-
ing gratitude of the American people for victory in
the battle and to inspire future generations of Ameri-
cans with the heroism and sacrifice of the members of
the Armed Forces who achieved that victory.
(5) The historic structures and facilities on Mid-
way Atoll should be protected and maintained.
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to require
a study of the feasibility and suitability of designating the
Midway Atoll as a National Memorial to the Battle of Mid-
way within the boundaries of the Midway Atoll National
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Wildlife Refuge. The study of the Midway Atoll and its en-
virons shall include, but not be limited to, identification
of interpretative opportunities for the educational and in-
spirational benefit of present and future generations, and
of the unique and significant circumstances involving the
defense of the island by the United States in World War
II and the Battle of Midway.
(d) STUDY
OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF MIDWAY
ATOLL AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO THE BATTLE OF MID-
WAY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than six months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall, acting through the Director of
the National Park Service and in consultation with
the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, the International Midway Memorial Founda-
tion, Inc. (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’),
and Midway Phoenix Corporation, carry out a study
of the suitability and feasibility of establishing Mid-
way Atoll as a national memorial to the Battle of
Midway.
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In studying the estab-
lishment of Midway Atoll as a national memorial to
the Battle of Midway under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall address the following:
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(A) The appropriate federal agency to man-
age such a memorial, and whether and under
what conditions, to lease or otherwise allow the
Foundation or another appropriate entity to ad-
minister, maintain, and fully utilize the lands
(including any equipment, facilities, infrastruc-
ture, and other improvements) and waters of
Midway Atoll if designated as a national memo-
rial.
(B) Whether designation as a national me-
morial would conflict with current management
of Midway Atoll as a wildlife refuge and wheth-
er, and under what circumstances, the needs and
requirements of the wildlife refuge should take
precedence over the needs and requirements of a
national memorial on Midway Atoll.
(C) Whether, and under what conditions, to
permit the use of the facilities on Sand Island
for purposes other than a wildlife refuge or a na-
tional memorial.
(D) Whether to impose conditions on public
access to Midway Atoll as a national memorial.
(3) REPORT.—Upon completion of the study re-
quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall sub-
mit, to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
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sources of the United States Senate and the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives,
a report on the study, which shall include any rec-
ommendations for further legislative action. The re-
port shall also include an inventory of all known past
and present facilities and structures of historical sig-
nificance on Midway Atoll and its environs. The re-
port shall include a description of each historic facil-
ity and structure and a discussion of how each will
contribute to the designation and interpretation of the
proposed national memorial.
(e) CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS.—Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to delay or prohibit discussions between
the Foundation and the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service or any other government entity regarding the future
role of the Foundation on Midway Atoll.
SEC. 124. Where any Federal lands included within
the boundary of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
as designated by the Secretary of the Interior on April 5,
1990 (Lake Roosevelt Cooperative Management Agreement)
were utilized as of March 31, 1997, for grazing purposes
pursuant to a permit issued by the National Park Service,
the person or persons so utilizing such lands shall be enti-
tled to renew said permit under such terms and conditions
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as the Secretary may prescribe, for the lifetime of the per-
mittee or 20 years, whichever is less.
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute
any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base
funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring
funds on the basis of identified, unmet needs. No tribe shall
receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of
more than ten percent in fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 126. None of the Funds provided in this Act shall
be available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Depart-
ment of the Interior to transfer land into trust status for
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Clark County, Wash-
ington, unless and until the tribe and the county reach a
legally enforceable agreement that addresses the financial
impact of new development on the county, school district,
fire district, and other local governments and the impact
on zoning and development.
SEC. 127. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
be available to the Department of the Interior or agencies
of the Department of the Interior to implement Secretarial
Order 3206, issued June 5, 1997.
SEC. 128. Of the funds appropriated in title V of the
Fiscal Year 1998 Interior and Related Agencies Appropria-
tion Act, Public Law 105–83, the Secretary shall provide
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up to $2,000,000 in the form of a grant to the Fairbanks
North Star Borough for acquisition of undeveloped parcels
along the banks of the Chena River for the purpose of estab-
lishing an urban greenbelt within the Borough. The Sec-
retary shall further provide from the funds appropriated
in title V up to $1,000,000 in the form of a grant to the
Municipality of Anchorage for the acquisition of approxi-
mately 34 acres of wetlands adjacent to a municipal park
in Anchorage (the Jewel Lake Wetlands).
SEC. 129. WALKER RIVER BASIN. $200,000 is appro-
priated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in
fiscal year 2000 to be used through a contract or memo-
randum of understanding with the Bureau of Reclamation,
for: (1) the investigation of alternatives, and if appropriate,
the implementation of one or more of the alternatives, to
the modification of Weber Dam on the Walker River Paiute
Reservation in Nevada; (2) an evaluation of the feasibility
and effectiveness of the installation of a fish ladder at Weber
Dam; and (3) an evaluation of opportunities for Lahontan
cutthroat trout restoration in the Walker River Basin.
$125,000 is appropriated to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
in fiscal year 2000 for the benefit of the Walker River Pai-
ute Tribe, in recognition of the negative effects on the Tribe
associated with delay in modification of Weber Dam, for
an analysis of the feasibility of establishing a Tribally-oper-
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ated Lahontan cutthroat trout hatchery on the Walker River
as it flows through the Walker River Indian Reservation:
Provided, That for the purposes of this section: (A) $100,000
shall be transferred from the $250,000 allocated for the
United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Inves-
tigations, Truckee River Water Quality Settlement Agree-
ment; (B) $50,000 shall be transferred from the $150,000
allocated for the United States Geological Survey, Water
Resources Investigations, Las Vegas Wash endocrine disrup-
tion study; and (C) $175,000 shall be transferred from the
funds allocated for the Bureau of Land Management,
Wildland Fire Management.
SEC. 130. FUNDING
FOR
THE OTTAWA NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE AND CERTAIN PROJECTS IN THE STATE
OF OHIO. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from
the unobligated balances appropriated for a grant to the
State of Ohio for the acquisition of the Howard Farm near
Metzger Marsh, Ohio—
(1) $500,000 shall be derived by transfer and
made available for the acquisition of land in the Ot-
tawa National Wildlife Refuge;
(2) $302,000 shall be derived by transfer and
made available for the Dayton Aviation Heritage
Commission, Ohio; and
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(3) $198,000 shall be derived by transfer and
made available for a grant to the State of Ohio for
the preservation and restoration of the birthplace,
boyhood home, and schoolhouse of Ulysses S. Grant.
SEC. 131. PROHIBITION ON CLASS III GAMING PROCE-
DURES. No funds made available under this Act may be
expended to implement the final rule published on April
12, 1999, at 64 Fed. Reg. 17535.
SEC. 132. CONVEYANCE TO NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. (a)
DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Nye
County, Nevada.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management.
(b) PARCELS CONVEYED FOR USE OF THE NEVADA
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For no consideration and at
no other cost to the County, the Secretary shall convey
to the County, subject to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest in and to the parcels of pub-
lic land described in paragraph (2).
(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of public
land referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
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(A) The portion of Sec. 13 north of United
States Route 95, T. 15 S. R. 49 E, Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada.
(B) In Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount
Diablo Meridian, Nevada:
(i) W 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4.
(ii) The portion of the W 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 SW
1⁄4 north of United States Route 95.
(3) USE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The parcels described in
paragraph (2) shall be used for the construction
and operation of the Nevada Science and Tech-
nology Center as a nonprofit museum and expo-
sition center, and related facilities and activities.
(B) REVERSION.—The conveyance of any
parcel described in paragraph (2) shall be subject
to reversion to the United States, at the discre-
tion of Secretary, if the parcel is used for a pur-
pose other than that specified in subparagraph
(A).
(c) PARCELS CONVEYED FOR OTHER USE FOR A COM-
MERCIAL PURPOSE.—
(1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—For a period of 5
years beginning on the date of enactment of this Act,
the County shall have the exclusive right to purchase
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the parcels of public land described in paragraph (2)
for the fair market value of the parcels, as determined
by the Secretary.
(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of public
land referred to in paragraph (1) are the following
parcels in Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
(A) E 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4.
(B) E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4.
(C) The portion of the E 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 north
of United States Route 95.
(D) The portion of the E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4
north of United States Route 95.
(E) The portion of the SE 1⁄4 north of
United States Route 95.
(3) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Proceeds of a sale of a
parcel described in paragraph (2)—
(A) shall be deposited in the special account
established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of the South-
ern Nevada Public Land Management Act of
1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and
(B) shall be available for use by the
Secretary—
(i) to reimburse costs incurred by the
local offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-
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ment in arranging the land conveyances di-
rected by this Act; and
(ii) as provided in section 4(e)(3) of
that Act (112 Stat. 2346).
SEC. 133. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF MES-
QUITE, NEVADA. Section 3 of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat.
3061; 110 Stat. 3009–202) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(e) FIFTH AREA.—
‘‘(1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—For a period of 12
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the city
of Mesquite, Nevada, shall have the exclusive right to
purchase the parcels of public land described in para-
graph (2).
‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of public
land referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 27 north of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 28: NE 1⁄4, S 1⁄2 (except the
Interstate Route 15 right-of-way).
‘‘(iii) Sec. 29: E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, SE
1⁄4 SE 1⁄4.
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‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 30 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(v) The portion of sec. 31 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 32: NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 (except the
Interstate Route 15 right-of-way), the por-
tion of NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 south of Interstate
Route 15, and the portion of W 1⁄2 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(vii) The portion of sec. 33 north of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(B) In T. 14 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 5: NW 1⁄4.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 6: N 1⁄2.
‘‘(C) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 25 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 26 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 27 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iv) Sec. 28: SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4.
‘‘(v) Sec. 33: E 1⁄2.
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‘‘(vi) Sec. 34.
‘‘(vii) Sec. 35.
‘‘(viii) Sec. 36.
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 years
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the city
shall notify the Secretary which of the parcels of pub-
lic land described in paragraph (2) the city intends
to purchase.
‘‘(4) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 1 year after
receiving notification from the city under paragraph
(3), the Secretary shall convey to the city the land se-
lected for purchase.
‘‘(5) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing
rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date
of enactment of this subsection, the parcels of public
land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from
all forms of entry and appropriation under the public
land laws, including the mining laws, and from oper-
ation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing
laws.
‘‘(6) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds of the
sale of each parcel—
‘‘(A) shall be deposited in the special ac-
count established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of the
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Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act
of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and
‘‘(B) shall be available for use by the
Secretary—
‘‘(i) to reimburse costs incurred by the
local offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in arranging the land conveyances di-
rected by this Act; and
‘‘(ii) as provided in section 4(e)(3) of
that Act (112 Stat. 2346).
‘‘(f) SIXTH AREA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall convey to the city of Mesquite, Nevada, in ac-
cordance with section 47125 of title 49, United States
Code, up to 2,560 acres of public land to be selected
by the city from among the parcels of land described
in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of land
referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 28 south of
Interstate Route 15 (except S 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4).
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‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 29 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 30 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 31 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(v) Sec. 32.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 33: W 1⁄2.
‘‘(B) In T. 14 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 4.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 5.
‘‘(iii) Sec. 6.
‘‘(iv) Sec. 8.
‘‘(C) In T. 14 S., R. 68 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 1.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 12.
‘‘(3) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing
rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date
of enactment of this subsection, the parcels of public
land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from
all forms of entry and appropriation under the public
land laws, including the mining laws, and from oper-
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ation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing
laws.’’.
SEC. 134. QUADRICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF
THE SAINT CROIX ISLAND INTERNATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) in 1604, 1 of the first European colonization
efforts was attempted at St. Croix Island in Calais,
Maine;
(2) St. Croix Island settlement predated both the
Jamestown and Plymouth colonies;
(3) St. Croix Island offers a rare opportunity to
preserve and interpret early interactions between Eu-
ropean explorers and colonists and Native Americans;
(4) St. Croix Island is 1 of only 2 international
historic sites comprised of land administered by the
National Park Service;
(5) the quadricentennial commemorative celebra-
tion honoring the importance of the St. Croix Island
settlement to the countries and people of both Canada
and the United States is rapidly approaching;
(6) the 1998 National Park Service management
plans and long-range interpretive plan call for en-
hancing visitor facilities at both Red Beach and
downtown Calais;
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(7) in 1982, the Department of the Interior and
Canadian Department of the Environment signed a
memorandum of understanding to recognize the inter-
national significance of St. Croix Island and, in an
amendment memorandum, agreed to conduct joint
strategic planning for the international commemora-
tion with a special focus on the 400th anniversary of
settlement in 2004;
(8) the Department of Canadian Heritage has
installed extensive interpretive sites on the Canadian
side of the border; and
(9) current facilities at Red Beach and Calais
are extremely limited or nonexistent for a site of this
historic and cultural importance.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) using funds made available by this Act, the
National Park Service should expeditiously pursue
planning for exhibits at Red Beach and the town of
Calais, Maine; and
(2) the National Park Service should take what
steps are necessary, including consulting with the peo-
ple of Calais, to ensure that appropriate exhibits at
Red Beach and the town of Calais are completed by
2004.
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SEC. 135. No funds appropriated for the Department
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or
to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water
levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
SEC. 136. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act or any other provision of law,
may be used by any officer, employee, department or agency
of the United States to impose or require payment of an
inspection fee in connection with the import or export of
shipments of fur-bearing wildlife containing 1,000 or fewer
raw, crusted, salted or tanned hides or fur skins, or separate
parts thereof, including species listed under the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora done at Washington March 3, 1973 (27
UST 1027).
SEC. 137. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be available to the Department of the Interior to de-
ploy the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System
(TAAMS) in any Bureau of Indian Affairs Area Office,
with the exception of the Billings Area Office, until 45 days
after the Secretary of the Interior certifies in writing to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on In-
dian Affairs that, based on the Secretary’s review and anal-
ysis, such system meets the TAAMS contract requirements
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and the needs of the system’s customers including the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Special Trustee for
American Indians and affected Indian tribes and indi-
vidual Indians.
(b) The Secretary shall certify that the following items
have been completed in accordance with generally accepted
guidelines for system development and acquisition and in-
dicate the source of those guidelines: Design and functional
requirements; legacy data conversion and use; system ac-
ceptance and user acceptance tests; project management
functions such as deployment and implementation plan-
ning, risk management, quality assurance, configuration
management, and independent verification and validation
activities. The General Accounting Office shall provide an
independent assessment of the Secretary’s certification
within 15 days of the Secretary’s certification.
SEC. 138. No funds appropriated under this Act shall
be expended to implement sound thresholds or standards in
the Grand Canyon National Park until 90 days after the
National Park Service has provided to the Congress a report
describing (1) the reasonable scientific basis for such sound
thresholds or standard and (2) the peer review process used
to validate such sound thresholds or standard.
SEC. 139. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior shall use any funds previously
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appropriated for the Department of the Interior for fiscal
year 1998 for acquisition of lands to acquire land from the
Borough of Haines, Alaska for subsequent conveyance to set-
tle claims filed against the United States with respect to
land in the Borough of Haines prior to January 1, 1999:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall not convey
lands acquired pursuant to this section unless and until
a signed release of claims is executed.
SEC. 140. In addition to any amounts otherwise made
available under this title to carry out the Tribally Con-
trolled College or University Assistance Act of 1978,
$1,500,000 is appropriated to carry out such Act for fiscal
year 2000.
SEC. 141. PILOT WILDLIFE DATA SYSTEM. From
funds made available by this Act to the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, the Secretary of the Interior shall use
$1,000,000 to develop a pilot wildlife data system to provide
statistical data relating to wildlife management and control
in the State of Alabama.
SEC. 142. BIA POST SECONDARY SCHOOLS FUNDING
FORMULA. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any funds appropriated for
Bureau of Indian Affairs Operations for Central Office Op-
erations for Post Secondary Schools for any fiscal year that
exceed the amount appropriated for the schools for fiscal
year 2000 shall be allocated among the schools propor-
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tionate to the unmet need of the schools as determined by
the Post Secondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office
of Indian Education Programs and the schools on May 13,
1999.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply for fiscal
year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the au-
thority provided by Public Law 104–14, as amended by
Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and retain
land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, That the
Secretary may retain and use any such reimbursement
until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for
the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within
the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized
by Public Law 100–696, 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
SEC. 144. VALUATION OF CRUDE OIL FOR ROYALTY PUR-
POSES.
None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to
the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes (including
a rulemaking derived from proposed rules published at 62
Fed. Reg. 3742 (January 24, 1997), 62 Fed. Reg. 36030
(July 3, 1997), and 63 Fed. Reg. 6113 (1998)) until Sep-
tember 30, 2000.
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TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $187,444,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That within the funds avail-
able, $250,000 shall be used to assess the potential hydro-
logic and biological impact of lead and zinc mining in the
Mark Twain National Forest of Southern Missouri: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Secretary of the Interior to issue a prospecting
permit for hardrock mineral exploration on Mark Twain
National Forest land in the Current River/Jack’s Fork
River—Eleven Point Watershed (not including Mark
Twain National Forest land in Townships 31N and 32N,
Range 2 and Range 3 West, on which mining activities are
taking place as of the date of enactment of this Act): Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Secretary of the Interior to segregate or with-
draw land in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri
under section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714).
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STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health manage-
ment, cooperative forestry, and education and land con-
servation activities, $190,793,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized by law.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, and
for administrative expenses associated with the manage-
ment of funds provided under the headings ‘‘Forest and
Rangeland Research’’, ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System’’, ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, ‘‘Re-
construction and Construction’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisition’’,
$1,239,051,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during prior
fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance
with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided,
That of the amount provided under this heading, $750,000
shall be used for a supplemental environmental impact
statement for the Forest Service/Weyerhaeuser Huckleberry
land exchange, which shall be completed by September 30,
2000.
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands
under fire protection agreement, and for emergency reha-
bilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and
water, $560,980,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such funds are available for repayment of
advances from other appropriations accounts previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, up to $4,000,000
of funds appropriated under this appropriation may be
used for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire
Science Program: Provided further, That all authorities for
the use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and
cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest Serv-
ice and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also avail-
able in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Re-
search.
For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses
for emergency rehabilitation, presuppression due to emer-
gencies, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest
Service, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $362,095,000, to remain available until
expended for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and
acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for con-
struction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of forest
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16
U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided,
That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for
road maintenance shall be available for the decommis-
sioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not part of
the transportation system, which are no longer needed: Pro-
vided further, That no funds shall be expended to decommis-
sion any system road until notice and an opportunity for
public comment has been provided on each decommissioning
project: Provided further, That any unexpended balances of
amounts previously appropriated for Forest Service Recon-
struction and Construction as well as any unobligated bal-
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ances remaining in the National Forest System appropria-
tion in the facility maintenance and trail maintenance ex-
tended budget line items at the end of fiscal year 1999 may
be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including admin-
istrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters,
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority
applicable to the Forest Service, $36,370,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That subject to valid
existing rights, all Federally owned lands and interests in
lands within the New World Mining District comprising
approximately 26,223 acres, more or less, which are de-
scribed in a Federal Register notice dated August 19, 1997
(62 F.R. 44136–44137), are hereby withdrawn from all
forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the pub-
lic land laws, and from location, entry and patent under
the mining laws, and from disposition under all mineral
and geothermal leasing laws.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries
of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah;
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the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali-
fornia, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to be derived from
forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from
funds deposited by State, county, or municipal govern-
ments, public school districts, or other public school authori-
ties pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic
livestock on lands in National Forests in the sixteen West-
ern States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–
579, as amended, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, protection, and improvements.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to ex-
ceed 110 passenger motor vehicles of which 15 will be used
primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 109
shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger motor
vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; oper-
ation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to
exceed three for replacement only, and acquisition of suffi-
cient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable
fleet at 213 aircraft for use in Forest Service wildland fire
programs and other Forest Service programs; notwith-
standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being re-
placed may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement air-
craft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to
exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3)
purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other
public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of
land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the Na-
tional Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
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None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or
close any regional office for National Forest System admin-
istration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
without the consent of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency reha-
bilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under
its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning
conditions.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall
be available to support forestry and related natural resource
activities outside the United States and its territories and
possessions, including technical assistance, education and
training, and cooperation with United States and inter-
national organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provi-
sions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
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ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless
the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance
with the reprogramming procedures contained in House Re-
port 105–163.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
105–163.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department
of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the For-
est Service.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available
to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps
as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended
by Public Law 93–408.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with
the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan,
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none of the funds available in this Act shall be used for
preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or other
forms of even-aged management in hardwood stands in the
Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law
101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up
to $2,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal
financial assistance to the National Forest Foundation,
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for
administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting Na-
tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service pro-
grams: Provided, That of the Federal funds made available
to the Foundation, no more than $400,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the
Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal
financial assistance, private contributions to match on at
least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may trans-
fer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for a project
at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-
Federal matching funds: Provided further, That hereafter,
the National Forest Foundation may hold Federal funds
made available but not immediately disbursed and may use
any interest or other investment income earned (before, on,
or after the date of enactment of this Act) on Federal funds
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to carry out the purposes of Public Law 101–593: Provided
further, That such investments may be made only in inter-
est-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations
guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United
States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up
to $2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service
shall be available for matching funds to the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701–
3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal fi-
nancial assistance, without regard to when expenses are in-
curred, for projects on or benefitting National Forest Sys-
tem lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided,
That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to
match on at least one-for-one basis funds advanced by the
Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may
transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for a
project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the
non-Federal matching funds.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural develop-
ment purposes.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the
‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and Con-
struction’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to activities
under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for projects on Na-
tional Forest land in the State of Washington may be
granted directly to the Washington State Department of
Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of planned projects.
Twenty percent of said funds shall be retained by the Forest
Service for planning and administering projects. Project se-
lection and prioritization shall be accomplished by the For-
est Service with such consultation with the State of Wash-
ington as the Forest Service deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as appro-
priate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as well
as with public and other private agencies, organizations,
institutions, and individuals, to provide for the develop-
ment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of land,
facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey Towers
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National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture
may prescribe, any such public or private agency, organiza-
tion, institution, or individual may solicit, accept, and ad-
minister private gifts of money and real or personal prop-
erty for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities
and services at the Grey Towers National Historic Land-
mark: Provided further, That such gifts may be accepted
notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts business
with the Department of Agriculture in any capacity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments to
Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections 13(e)
and 14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area Act
(Public Law 101–612).
For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Dis-
aster Fund as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–
134, the direct grants provided in subsection (c) shall be
considered direct payments for purposes of all applicable
law except that these direct grants may not be used for lob-
bying activities.
No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this
Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more
than 30 days unless the individual’s employing agency or
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office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office
for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period
of assignment.
The Forest Service shall fund overhead, national com-
mitments, indirect expenses, and any other category for use
of funds which are expended at any units, that are not di-
rectly related to the accomplishment of specific work on-
the-ground (referred to as ‘‘indirect expenditures’’), from
funds available to the Forest Service, unless otherwise pro-
hibited by law: Provided, That the Forest Service shall im-
plement and adhere to the definitions of indirect expendi-
tures established pursuant to Public Law 105–277 on a na-
tionwide basis without flexibility for modification by any
organizational level except the Washington Office, and when
changed by the Washington Office, such changes in defini-
tion shall be reported in budget requests submitted by the
Forest Service: Provided further, That the Forest Service
shall provide in all future budget justifications, planned in-
direct expenditures in accordance with the definitions, sum-
marized and displayed to the Regional, Station, Area, and
detached unit office level. The justification shall display the
estimated source and amount of indirect expenditures, by
expanded budget line item, of funds in the agency’s annual
budget justification. The display shall include appropriated
funds and the Knutson-Vandenberg, Brush Disposal, Coop-
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erative Work-Other, and Salvage Sale funds. Changes be-
tween estimated and actual indirect expenditures shall be
reported in subsequent budget justifications: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2000 the Secretary shall limit
total annual indirect obligations from the Brush Disposal,
Cooperative Work-Other, Knutson-Vandenberg, Reforest-
ation, Salvage Sale, and Roads and Trails funds to 20 per-
cent of the total obligations from each fund.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appro-
priations or funds available to the Forest Service may be
used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC),
Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses
incurred as a result of OGC assistance or participation re-
quested by the Forest Service at meetings, training sessions,
management reviews, land purchase negotiations and simi-
lar non-litigation related matters: Provided, That no more
than $500,000 is transferred: Provided further, That future
budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the De-
partment of Agriculture clearly display the sums previously
transferred and request future funding levels.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be used for necessary expenses in the event of
law enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural
resources and public or employee safety.
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From any unobligated balances available at the start
of fiscal year 2000, the amount of $11,550,000 shall be allo-
cated to the Alaska Region, in addition to the funds appro-
priated to sell timber in the Alaska Region under this Act,
for expenses directly related to preparing sufficient addi-
tional timber for sale in the Alaska Region to establish a
three-year timber supply.
Of any funds available to Region 10 of the Forest Serv-
ice, exclusive of funds for timber sales management or road
reconstruction/construction, $7,000,000 shall be used in fis-
cal year 2000 to support implementation of the recent
amendments to the Pacific Salmon Treaty with Canada
which require fisheries enhancements on the Tongass Na-
tional Forest.
The Forest Service is authorized through the Forest
Service existing budget to reimburse Harry Fray for the
cost of his home, $143,406 (1997 dollars) destroyed by arson
on June 21, 1990 in retaliation for his work with the Forest
Service.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(DEFERRAL)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in prior years, $156,000,000 shall not be avail-
able until October 1, 2000: Provided, That funds made
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available in previous appropriations Acts shall be available
for any ongoing project regardless of the separate request
for proposal under which the project was selected.
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority of
the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law
95–91), including the acquisition of interest, including de-
feasible and equitable interests in any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion,
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations
and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and
disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social
and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603),
performed under the minerals and materials science pro-
grams at the Albany Research Center in Oregon,
$390,975,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$24,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobligated
balances in the Biomass Energy Development account: Pro-
vided, That no part of the sum herein made available shall
be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the re-
covery of oil and gas.
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ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Moneys received as investment income on the principal
amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest
Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of
October 1, 1999, shall be deposited in this account and im-
mediately transferred to the general fund of the Treasury.
Moneys received as revenue sharing from operation of the
Great Plains Gasification Plant and settlement payments
shall be immediately transferred to the general fund of the
Treasury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
The requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not
apply to fiscal year 2000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum
and oil shale reserve activities.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $684,817,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $1,600,000 shall be for grants to munic-
ipal governments for cost-shared research projects in build-
ings, municipal processes, transportation and sustainable
urban energy systems, and of which $25,000,000 shall be
derived by transfer from unobligated balances in the Bio-
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mass Energy Development account: Provided, That
$168,000,000 shall be for use in energy conservation pro-
grams as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509
(15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509, such sums shall
be 
allocated 
to 
the 
eligible 
programs 
as 
follows:
$135,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants and
$33,000,000 for State energy conservation grants.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve
facility development and operations and program manage-
ment activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.),
$159,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Energy hereafter may transfer
to the SPR Petroleum Account such funds as may be nec-
essary to carry out drawdown and sale operations of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve initiated under section 161 of
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241)
from any funds available to the Department of Energy
under this or any other Act. All funds transferred pursuant
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to this authority must be replenished as promptly as pos-
sible from oil sale receipts pursuant to the drawdown and
sale.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $70,500,000, to
remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums
may be made to other agencies of the Government for the
performance of work for which the appropriation is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or fi-
nance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs
unless specific provision is made for such programs in an
appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
equipment, and other contributions from public and private
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other
agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign: Provided, That
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revenues and other moneys received by or for the account
of the Department of Energy or otherwise generated by sale
of products in connection with projects of the Department
appropriated under this Act may be retained by the Sec-
retary of Energy, to be available until expended, and used
only for plant construction, operation, costs, and payments
to cost-sharing entities as provided in appropriate cost-
sharing contracts or agreements: Provided further, That the
remainder of revenues after the making of such payments
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That any contract, agreement, or provi-
sion thereof entered into by the Secretary pursuant to this
authority shall not be executed prior to the expiration of
30 calendar days (not including any day in which either
House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment
of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from
the receipt by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and the President of the Senate of a full comprehensive re-
port on such project, including the facts and circumstances
relied upon in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the
Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process procure-
ment documents for programs or projects for which appro-
priations have not been made.
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In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from public
and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds
account, and prosecute projects using such fees and con-
tributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or pri-
vate agencies or concerns.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August
5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act,
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and
III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the In-
dian Health Service, $2,138,001,000, together with pay-
ments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
238(b) for services furnished by the Indian Health Service:
Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal
organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any
other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time
of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal
year limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall
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remain available until expended, for the Indian Cata-
strophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That
$384,442,000 for contract medical care shall remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, up to $17,000,000 shall
be used to carry out the loan repayment program under
section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act:
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be
used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be per-
formed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation
is recorded in the year for which the funds are appro-
priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under the author-
ity of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of
achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and re-
quirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security
Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new
facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein,
and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship pro-
grams under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25
U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That amounts re-
ceived by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported
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and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and
tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts
provided herein, not to exceed $203,781,000 shall be for
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or
grant support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-
governance compacts or annual funding agreements between
the Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal organiza-
tion pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2000.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci-
fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and
erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers;
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation
facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to environmental health and facilities support activi-
ties of the Indian Health Service, $189,252,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan-
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ning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities
for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used
to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge
health or related facilities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent
to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular build-
ings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and
for uniforms or allowances therefore as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meet-
ings which are concerned with the functions or activities
for which the appropriation is made or which will con-
tribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management
of those functions or activities: Provided, That in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health
care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service
facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with
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funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery
Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited to the account
of the facility providing the service and shall be available
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred
from the Department of Housing and Urban Development
to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under
Public Law 86–121 (the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act)
and Public Law 93–638, as amended: Provided further,
That funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in
this Act, except those used for administrative and program
direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations di-
rected at curtailing Federal travel and transportation: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe
or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree-
ment authorized by title I or title III of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-
determination contract under title I, or a self-governance
agreement under title III of such Act and thereafter shall
remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this
Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in
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the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligi-
bility for the health care services of the Indian Health Serv-
ice until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget
request reflecting the increased costs associated with the pro-
posed final rule, and such request has been included in an
appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided further,
That funds made available in this Act are to be apportioned
to the Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act,
and accounted for in the appropriation structure set forth
in this Act: Provided further, That with respect to functions
transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal
organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to
provide goods and services to those entities, on a reimburs-
able basis, including payment in advance with subsequent
adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom,
along with the funds received from those entities pursuant
to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to
the same or subsequent appropriation account which pro-
vided the funding, said amounts to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That reimbursements for train-
ing, technical assistance, or services provided by the Indian
Health Service will contain total costs, including direct, ad-
ministrative, and overhead associated with the provision of
goods, services, or technical assistance: Provided further,
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That the appropriation structure for the Indian Health
Service may not be altered without advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions 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 further, 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 or replacement home is pro-
vided for such household: Provided further, That no
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or re-
placement home: Provided further, That the Office shall re-
locate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and
received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation
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or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reserva-
tion or on the land acquired pursuant 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 authorized
by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 U.S.C.
56 part A), $4,250,000.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution,
as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art,
science, and history; development, preservation, and docu-
mentation of the National Collections; presentation of pub-
lic exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dis-
semination, and exchange of information and publications;
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance pro-
grams; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms
not to exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, facili-
ties, 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, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for employees; $367,062,000, of which not to exceed
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$40,704,000 for the instrumentation program, collections
acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and move,
exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of the Amer-
ican Indian, the repatriation of skeletal remains program,
research equipment, information management, and Latino
programming shall remain available until expended, and
including such funds as may be necessary to support Amer-
ican overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for
the Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated herein are available for ad-
vance payments to independent contractors performing re-
search services or participating 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,
$4,400,000, to remain available until expended.
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, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems,
protection systems, and exterior repair or restoration of
buildings of the Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated
with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of con-
tractor qualifications as well as price.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for construction, $19,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to initiate the design for any proposed expansion of
current space or new facility without consultation with the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal
funds in excess of the amount specified in Public Law 101–
185 for the construction of the National Museum of the
American Indian.
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 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 (Public Resolu-
tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when au-
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thorized 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; pur-
chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as author-
ized 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 re-
pair 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 ad-
vertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such
rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the
Gallery may deem proper, $61,438,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $3,026,000 for the special exhibition program shall re-
main available until expended.
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and ren-
ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occu-
pied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or other-
wise, as authorized, $6,311,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environ-
mental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or
renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may
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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, maintenance
and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, $14,000,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for capital repair and rehabili-
tation of the existing features of the building and site of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$20,000,000, 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, $6,040,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as
amended, $90,000,000 shall be available to the National
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Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and pro-
ductions in the arts through assistance to organizations and
individuals pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) of the Act,
for program support, 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, $13,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to the National Endowment for the Arts: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for obliga-
tion 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), sub-
sections 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.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as
amended, $101,000,000, shall be available to the National
Endowment for the Humanities for support of activities in
the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for
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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, $14,700,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $10,700,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for the purposes 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 sub-
sections 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.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act of 1996, as amended, $23,905,000, to
remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
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clude 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.
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), $1,078,000:
Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 2000 and there-
after, the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover
the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be cred-
ited to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain
available until expended without further appropriation.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His-
toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$2,906,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available for compensation of level V of the Executive Sched-
ule or higher positions.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National
Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,312,000:
Provided, That all appointed members will be compensated
at a rate not to exceed the rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule.
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, $33,286,000, of which $1,575,000 for the muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for
the museum’s exhibitions program shall remain available
until expended.
PRESIDIO TRUST
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omni-
bus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996,
$24,400,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to re-
main available until expended, of which up to $1,040,000
may be for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by
section 104(d) of the Act: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
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in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed,
not to exceed $200,000,000. The Trust is authorized to issue
obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to sec-
tion 104(d)(3) of the Act, in an amount not to exceed
$20,000,000.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
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-
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tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative pro-
posal 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.
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 serv-
ants to any officer or employee of such department or agen-
cy 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 Appro-
priations 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 REGARDING
NOTICE.—
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(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 avail-
able in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving the assistance should, in expending
the assistance, purchase only American-made equip-
ment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency
shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a no-
tice 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 agen-
cy that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing 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 contract or sub-
contract made with funds made available in this Act, pur-
suant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility proce-
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dures 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 classified
as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are lo-
cated on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Man-
agement lands in a manner different than such sales were
conducted in fiscal year 1999.
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. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
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 appropriate re-
programming guidelines: Provided, That if no funds are
provided for the AmeriCorps program by the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, then
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 311. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey
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City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedes-
trian use of such bridge, when it is made known to the Fed-
eral official having authority to obligate or expend such
funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with generally
accepted safety standards.
SEC. 312. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or proc-
ess applications for a patent for any mining or mill site
claim located under the general mining laws.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—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
(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, 2000, the Secretary
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
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ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on ac-
tions taken by the Department under the plan submitted
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 Bureau of Land Man-
agement 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 Manage-
ment 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. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee re-
ports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian
Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–
134, 104–208, 105–83, and 105–277 for payments to tribes
and tribal organizations for contract support costs associ-
ated with self-determination or self-governance contracts,
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the
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Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as
funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available for
fiscal years 1994 through 1999 for such purposes, except
that, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal or-
ganizations may use their tribal priority allocations for
unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-gov-
ernance compacts or annual funding agreements.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for fiscal year 2000 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the
Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed
restoration project contracts as part of the ‘‘Jobs in the
Woods’’ component of the President’s Forest Plan for the
Pacific Northwest or the Jobs in the Woods Program estab-
lished in Region 10 of the Forest Service to individuals and
entities in historically timber-dependent areas in the States
of Washington, Oregon, northern California and Alaska
that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on
Federal lands.
SEC. 315. None of the funds collected under the Rec-
reational Fee Demonstration program may be used to plan,
design, or construct a visitor center or any other permanent
structure without prior approval of the House and the Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations if the estimated total
cost of the facility exceeds $500,000.
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SEC. 316. (a) None of the funds made available in this
Act or any other Act providing appropriations for the De-
partment of the Interior, the Forest Service or the Smithso-
nian Institution may be used to submit nominations for
the designation of Biosphere Reserves pursuant to the Man
and Biosphere program administered by the United Na-
tions Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
(b) The provisions of this section shall be repealed
upon enactment of subsequent legislation specifically au-
thorizing United States participation in the Man and Bio-
sphere program.
SEC. 317. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to des-
ignate, or to post any sign designating, any portion of Ca-
naveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as
a clothing-optional area or as an area in which public nu-
dity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary to
county ordinance.
SEC. 318. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts—
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to
an individual if such grant is awarded to such indi-
vidual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage
Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
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(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to
ensure that no funding provided through a grant, ex-
cept 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 ex-
change 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.
SEC. 319. The National Endowment for the Arts and
the National Endowment for the Humanities are authorized
to solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the
United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other
property or services and to use such in furtherance of the
functions of the National Endowment for the Arts and the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Any proceeds
from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after acceptance by the
National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities, shall be paid by the donor or the
representative of the donor to the Chairman. The Chairman
shall enter the proceeds in a special interest-bearing account
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to the credit of the appropriate endowment for the purposes
specified in each case.
SEC. 320. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to fund new revisions
of national forest land management plans until new final
or interim final rules for forest land management planning
are published in the Federal Register. Those national forests
which are currently in a revision process, having formally
published a Notice of Intent to revise prior to October 1,
1997; those national forests having been court-ordered to re-
vise; those national forests where plans reach the fifteen year
legally mandated date to revise before or during calendar
year 2000; national forests within the Interior Columbia
Basin Ecosystem study area; and the White Mountain Na-
tional Forest are exempt from this section and may use
funds in this Act and proceed to complete the forest plan
revision in accordance with current forest planning regula-
tions.
SEC. 321. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue
the five-year program under the Forest and Rangeland Re-
newable Resources Planning Act.
SEC. 322. (a) In providing services or awarding finan-
cial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts
and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated
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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, pro-
ductions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved
populations.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a
population of individuals 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 sec-
tion 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 as-
sistance 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 knowl-
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edge, 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 Hu-
manities Act of 1965—
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or
are able to tour several States;
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 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
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of
grants to improve and support community-based
music performance and education.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for planning, design or construction of improvements to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
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SEC. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
none of the funds provided in this Act to the Indian Health
Service or Bureau of Indian Affairs may be used to enter
into any new or expanded self-determination contract or
grant or self-governance compact pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, for any activi-
ties not previously covered by such contracts, compacts or
grants. Nothing in this section precludes the continuation
of those specific activities for which self-determination and
self-governance contracts, compacts and grants currently
exist or the renewal of contracts, compacts and grants for
those activities; implementation of section 325 of Public
Law 105–83 (111 Stat. 1597); or compliance with 25
U.S.C. 2005.
SEC. 325. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 1999
in the roads and trails fund provided for in the fourteenth
paragraph under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ of the
Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to
the State in which the amounts were derived, to repair or
reconstruct roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest
System lands or to carry out and administer projects to
improve forest health conditions, which may include the re-
pair or reconstruction of roads, bridges, and trails on Na-
tional Forest System lands in the wildland-community
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interface where there is an abnormally high risk of fire. The
projects shall emphasize reducing risks to human safety and
public health and property and enhancing ecological func-
tions, long-term forest productivity, and biological integ-
rity. The Secretary shall commence the projects during fis-
cal year 2000, but the projects may be completed in a subse-
quent fiscal year. Funds shall not be expended under this
section to replace funds which would otherwise appro-
priately be expended from the timber salvage sale fund.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any
project from any environmental law.
SEC. 326. HARDWOOD TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND
APPLIED RESEARCH. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture
(hereinafter the ‘‘Secretary’’) is hereby and hereafter au-
thorized to conduct technology transfer and development,
training, dissemination of information and applied re-
search in the management, processing and utilization of the
hardwood forest resource. This authority is in addition to
any other authorities which may be available to the Sec-
retary including, but not limited to, the Cooperative For-
estry Assistance Act of 1978, as amended (16 U.S.C. 2101
et. seq.), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Act of 1978, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1600–1614).
(b) In carrying out this authority, the Secretary may
enter into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
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with public and private agencies, organizations, corpora-
tions, institutions and individuals. The Secretary may ac-
cept gifts and donations pursuant to the Act of October 10,
1978 (7 U.S.C. 2269) including gifts and donations from
a donor that conducts business with any agency of the De-
partment of Agriculture or is regulated by the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(c) The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized
to operate and utilize the assets of the Wood Education and
Resource Center (previously named the Robert C. Byrd
Hardwood Technology Center in West Virginia) as part of
a newly formed ‘‘Institute of Hardwood Technology Trans-
fer and Applied Research’’ (hereinafter the ‘‘Institute’’). The
Institute, in addition to the Wood Education and Resource
Center, will consist of a Director, technology transfer spe-
cialists from State and Private Forestry, the Forestry
Sciences Laboratory in Princeton, West Virginia, and any
other organizational unit of the Department of Agriculture
as the Secretary deems appropriate. The overall manage-
ment of the Institute will be the responsibility of the USDA
Forest Service, State and Private Forestry.
(d) The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized
to generate revenue using the authorities provided herein.
Any revenue received as part of the operation of the Insti-
tute shall be deposited into a special fund in the Treasury
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of the United States, known as the ‘‘Hardwood Technology
Transfer and Applied Research Fund’’, which shall be
available to the Secretary until expended, without further
appropriation, in furtherance of the purposes of this section,
including upkeep, management, and operation of the Insti-
tute and the payment of salaries and expenses.
(e) There are hereby and hereafter authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this section.
SEC. 327. No timber in Region 10 of the Forest Service
shall be advertised for sale which, when using domestic
Alaska western red cedar selling values and manufacturing
costs, fails to provide at least 60 percent of normal profit
and risk of the appraised timber, except at the written re-
quest by a prospective bidder. Program accomplishments
shall be based on volume sold. Should Region 10 sell, in
fiscal year 2000, the annual average portion of the decadal
allowable sale quantity called for in the current Tongass
Land Management Plan which provides greater than 60
percent of normal profit and risk at the time of the sale
advertisement, all of the western red cedar timber from those
sales which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors
in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic processors
in the contiguous 48 United States based on values in the
Pacific Northwest as determined by the Forest Service and
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stated in the timber sale contract. Should Region 10 sell,
in fiscal year 2000, less than the annual average portion
of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the cur-
rent Tongass Land Management Plan meeting the 60 per-
cent of normal profit and risk standard at the time of sale
advertisement, the volume of western red cedar timber
available to domestic processors at rates specified in the
timber sale contract in the contiguous 48 states shall be that
volume: (i) which is surplus to the needs of domestic proc-
essors in Alaska; and (ii) is that percent of the surplus west-
ern red cedar volume determined by calculating the ratio
of the total timber volume which has been sold on the
Tongass to the annual average portion of the decadal allow-
able sale quantity called for in the current Tongass Land
Management Plan. The percentage shall be calculated by
Region 10 on a rolling basis as each sale is sold. (For pur-
poses of this amendment, a ‘‘rolling basis’’ shall mean that
the determination of how much western red cedar is eligible
for sale to various markets shall be made at the time each
sale is awarded.) Western red cedar shall be deemed ‘‘sur-
plus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska’’ when
the timber sale holder has presented to the Forest Service
documentation of the inability to sell western red cedar logs
from a given sale to domestic Alaska processors at a price
equal to or greater than the log selling value stated in the